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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Hidden Secret Part 2 Hahaha :p

25th January 2008



Early start with Joe, Zaiton, Karim and Ben birding at Sugud Forest Reserve and saw many birds such as Streaked Bulbul, Yellow-eared Spiderhunter and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch. Andrew came a bit later after Karim managed to photographed his lifer, Narcsissus Flycatcher hahaha :)

Some of the shots today :)


Resting ...


Then shoot !


Birds seen and heard today:
  • Crested Serpent Eagle
  • Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
  • Grey-rumped Treeswift
  • Diard's Trogon (heard)
  • Gold-whiskered Barbet
  • Red-throated Barbet (heard)
  • Yellow-crowned Barbet (heard)
  • Blue-eared Barbet (heard)
  • Black and Yellow Broadbill
  • Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
  • Fiery Minivet
  • Lesser Green Leafbird
  • Streaked Bulbul
  • Red-eyed Bulbul
  • Spectacled Bulbul
  • Buff-vented Bulbul
  • Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
  • White-bellied Epornis
  • White-crowned Shama
  • Artic Warbler
  • Ashy Tailorbird
  • Dark-sided Flycatcher
  • Narcsissus Flycatcher
  • Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
  • Little Spiderhunter
  • Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
  • Oriental White Eye



Main star for the trip, Banded Kingfisher ! Thanks to Ben for spotting this instead of the Bee-Eater hahaha :p






Runner up is this Red-bearded Bee-Eater :)


Brown Barbet (subspecies)


Flying Lizard sp.


Civet's sp. pooh


Lantern Bug


Good birding today and I'm planning to go back for Dark-sided and Narcsissus Flycatcher pictures !

Happy digiscoping !

Thursday, August 14, 2008

digiscoping with sony ericsson K660i

11th - 13th august 2008



im impressed with my new sony ericsson cellphone that has 2 mega pixels camera and very user friendly lens with my 30x eyepiece hahaha :p and some of the pictures taken recently at semporna and tabin wildlife reserve with vent group led by susan myers and david bishop

all image was taken hand held (except the night heron with fujifilm f31d and srb-griturn Mk II adapter) and digiscoped with nikon fieldscope ED82


rufous night heron


red-bearded bee-eater


a pair of black hornbill


oriental dwarf kingfisher


vent group from usa


rufous piculet feeding at wild ginger


the cellphone also offered built in gps (with optional accessory) and also web blogging which is useful for traveling.

at lahad datu airport while waiting for my flight back to kota kinabalu, met with ingo (member of avian watch asia) who was at danum valley for several days n he managed to get lots of pictures of birds especially the black and crimson pitta huhuhu :o

nice birding :)