Yellow-vented Bulbul

4th June 2015

One of the common birds found up to Mt Kinabalu in Sabah. Other similar looking is the Pale-faced Bulbul, endemic to Borneo at the mountain. These particular species has a black stripe on the crown and short crest erected when it gets excited!

Digiscoped with Swarovski STX 95 + TLS APO + Nikon V1 ~ 30x = 2430mm. All Rights Reserved ©

Usually in pair and both are identical in sexes.

Happy birding!

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Yellow-vented Bulbul

10th April 2013

It was only about 300 metres from home and luckily it was still on the same perched when I arrived on the same spot I saw earlier while driving back home with wife and daughter. This Bulbul is one of the common birds seen around my place together with Collared Kingfisher, Asian Glossy Starling and Eurasian Tree Sparrow plus the White-breasted Wood Swallow.

Digiscoped with Swarovski STX 95 + TLS APO + Nikon V1 ~ ISO 200, 1/200s at 30x = 2430mm

With green background, the bokeh is smooth produced from the scope at 30x. My best shot of this bird so far !

I haven't done any serious birding this year due to the family matter. Will try my best to get the shots of the rare Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker at Klias soon with the gang.

Happy birding !

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Portrait Shots Of Rufous Night Heron

24th February 2009

This time, the adult decided to showed itself yesterday after my first visit where I digiscoped the juvenile Rufous Night Heron hehehe :p

Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31D

Rufous Night Heron

While busy taking pictures of the Heron, saw one of the parent feeding a juvenile Yellow-vented Bulbul. Another juvenile Oriental Magpie Robin seen preening itself further in the tree, a bit dark for my camera hahaha :)

Juvenile Yellow-vented Bulbul

Nice place and I will be back again next time for the Black-crowned Night Heron, if it willing to cooperate with me :p

Happy birding everyone !

Raining Season

12th January 2008

Raining around the west coast of Sabah and few places was flooded too. After i sent my wife to her office, drove up to one of the building in the city facing the Signall Hill and digiscoped few common species around Kota Kinabalu.

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

Rock Pigeon is common around Gaya Street.

Asian Glossy Starling



Yellow-vented Bulbul in the rain

Pink-necked Green Pigeon taking shelter from the rain

The shots was taken from the 6th floor and one of the best place to get eye level pictures of birds such as Green Imperial Pigeon, House Swift and White-breasted wood-Swallow.

And recently, friends in Kuching, Sarawak found new birds for Borneo; Pied Avocet and White-faced Plover during their outing at Buntal Village. Info regarding this will be post soon hehehe :)

Happy birding !

Bird Count January 2009

3rd January 2008

A bit busy during New Year's Day with family for bird count, so woke up around 7am this morning and left home at 8.30am for my official bird count this year covering few villages in Tuaran district.

My 1st bird was the commonest Yellow-vented Bulbul followed by Spotted Dove and Rock Pigeon. When i arrived at my favorite patch, saw few Wandering Whistling Duck, Common Moorhen and Zebra Dove. No Northern Pintail and Shoveler ...

Then moved on to Dungang village where some of the paddy field plots have been grown with rice and others just started being ploughed by machine. Great, Intermediate, Little and Cattle Egret feeding around the field and suddenly, Cinnamon Bittern flew past and landed at one of plot nearby.

Paddy fields at Dungang village

Sabandar Beach

My last stop was at Sabandar Beach and few picnickers were having fun and what a nice ending of my count when i saw around 33 Lesser Frigate Bird flying low ! Hahaha :p

Total species seen and heard: 49 birds

• Oriental Darter
• Lesser Frigate Bird
• Grey Heron
• Purple Heron
• Cattle Egret
• Great Egret
• Intermediate Egret
• Little Egret
  
• Cinnamon Bittern
• Wandering Whistling Duck
• Brahminy Kite
  
• Black-winged Kite
• White-breasted Waterhen
• Common Moorhen
• Pacific Golden Plover
• Little Ringed Plover
  
• Kentish Plover
• Marsh Sandpiper
• Wood Sandpiper
• Common Sandpiper
• Long-toed Stint
• Black-winged Stilt
• Whiskered Tern
• Pink-necked Green Pigeon
• Rock Pigeon
• Spotted Dove
• Zebra Dover
• Common Kingfisher
• Stork-billed Kingfisher (heard)
  
• Sunda Woodpeker (heard)
• Barn Swallow
• Pacific Swallow
• Pied Triller
• Common Iora
• Yellow-vented Bulbul
• Magpie Robin
• Striated Grassbird
• Ashy Tailorbird (heard)
• Yellow-bellied Prinia
• Pied Fantail
• White-breasted Wood-Swallow
• Yellow Wagtail
• Asian Glossy Starling
• Crested Myna
• Olive-backed Sunbird
• Dusky Munia
• Scaly-breasted Munia
• Black-headed Munia
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Images was digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifim F31d

Little Egret

Scaly-breasted Munia

Wood Sandpiper


Yellow-vented Bulbul

I will be conducting few bird counts with friends for the West Coast of Sabah and Kota Kinabalu was covered by my friend Ck on the 1st January 2009. Members of Borneo Bird Club @ BoBC at different districts will conduct their bird count soon.

Happy birding folks !