Short Birding Trip with Andreas and Cecilia

17-22nd August 2019

It was a short birding trip with the couple from China and we saw some of their target birds such as Whitehead's Trogon, Whitehead's Broadbill, Rufous-collared Kingfisher, Orang Utan and unexpected detoured to Silam Forest Reserve, we got the Blue-banded Pitta!

Images taken with Swarovski Optik. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Rainbow at Kundasang...

With Apis at Kinabatangan River

Afternoon cruise in search for the Rhinoceros Hornbill

 Spined Spider at Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sepilok

Happy faces after seeing naked Red-naped Trogon along the Gomantong Caves road!

Rambutan, one of the famous local fruits available during the fruiting season. Good booster during breakfast hahaha

Banded Woodpecker

Happy birding!

Hidden Secret Hahaha :p

22nd January 2009

My second visit to Sugud Forest Reserve with Karim proved to be fruitful with many forest species seen and heard this morning before it rained in the afternoon. Main mission was for the Dark-sided Flycatcher digiscoped by Ck last month and saw the bird but too fast except record shots by Karim.

Birds seen and heard :

• Crested Serpent Eagle
• Indian Cuckoo (heard)
  
• Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
• Barn Swallow
• Swiftlet sp.
  
• Gold-whiskered Barbet (heard)
  
• Banded Kingfisher (heard)
• Dark-throated Oriole
• Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
• Leafbird sp.
• Red-eyed Bulbul
• Spectacled Bulbul
• Black-headed Bulbul
• Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
• Dark-sided Flycatcher (a bit shy for the camera hahaha)
• Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
• Oriental White-Eye (8 birds seen feeding)
  

Banded Woodpecker


White-fronted Falconet (endemic to North Borneo only)


Hairy-backed Bulbul

Black and Yellow Broadbill (heard through out the morning)

Good place hahaha and i will be back again this Sunday :)

Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31d