Bornean Clouded Leopard At Danum Valley

25th - 28th December 2008

Did not see the Bornean Clouded Leopard except its foot prints at the river bank which was found by other guides few days ago and the Giant Pitta was responding to my call within 10 metres but could not see the bird itself ...

Notable species seen

• Bornean Banded Pitta
• Great-billed Heron
• Large-billed Blue Flycatcher
• White-fronted Falconet
  
• Flat-headed Cat
• Banded Civet

Some of my shots at one of the best place in Asia for birding + other amazing wildlife and the forest itself :)

Mt. Kinabalu in the morning from the airport


The forest was covered in mist during morning walk to the canopy walkway


One of the trail at Danum

Endangered Great-billed Heron

Oriental Darter seen from the room

Stork-billed Kingfisher

Resident Lesser Fish Eagle digiscoped near the restaurant

Grey-streaked Flycatcher seen daily at the same place along access road and a winter visitor to Borneo


My lifer, Bornean Banded Pitta and next to it was the Giant Pitta calling ...


Great Argus hehehe


Plaintive Cuckoo

The smallest raptor in the world, White-fronted Falconet. To have a closer look of this Falconet, please click here


Red-naped Trogon


Asian Paradise Flycatcher

Olive-winged Bulbul

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher


Large-billed Blue Flycather is uncommon bird found only in Borneo and Sumatera island


Pied Fantail


A pair of Flying Lizard


Bornean Angle-Headed Lizard


Lantern Bug


Mating leeches and i was bitten few times !


Bornean Tarantula seen during night walk


This is the foot print of the Bornean Clouded Leopard


Nadil taking pictures of the fungus


Protecting myself from the flies


Sunset taken from the plane on the way back to Kota Kinabalu

Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm f31d and courtesy of Nikon D300 + 70-300mm VR lens by Angela

Favorite Landscape Shots

26th November 2008

Two of my favorite shots taken with Fujifilm F31d.

Sunrise at Mt. Kinabalu from Tuaran district, taken while sending my wife to her office

Sunset at Lok Batik wetland, Tuaran while watching Oriental Darter from the distance

I will be off tomorrow for the Sandakan Bird Fair, see you all there and happy birding :)

sunset at lok kawi beach ...

3 october 2007

the past few days weather has been unpredictable and brought haze as well. went to one of my favorite beach for waders that can be seen in small number regularly during the migratory season from september-april every year. except some of them came earlier in june hahaha :p

recorded species around lok kawi with the help of friends;

great egret
little egret
chinese egret
pacific reef egret (white and black morph)
ruddy turnstone
sanderling
great knot
common redshank
terek sandpiper
common sandpiper
curlew sandpiper
greater sand-plover
lesser sand-plover
malaysian plover
kentish plover
grey plover
pacific golden plover
little-ringed plover
common ringed plover
red-necked stint
whimbrel
little tern
white-winged tern
whiskered tern

scope are essential to identified waders as they are sensitive with human's movement especially if we try to get as close as possible to take pictures of the waders. means i need my adapter for my scope and start digiscoping !!!

few waders along the creek catching worms and invertebrates

locals come every weekends looking for shells and bivavles depending on the tide along the beach

sun setting down slowly

fisherman putting nets on the water as tide coming in

i'll come again tomorrow hoping to see the probably wandering tattler saw few days ago :)