Kinabatangan 08Jun18

From KH

We reached Myne Resort in time for lunch with our guides Robert Chong and John Nair.

The first birds we saw here were munias, both Dusky and Chestnut. Here's a Chestnut Munia.

After a nice lunch, we had a siesta and then tea break! Only then did you get our first boat ride. The first mammals were saw were Orangutans - a mother and her young - feeding on figs.

Next, Silvered Leaf Monkeys.

Other monkeys seen included these macaques.

A thirsty Long-tailed Macaque

A couple of playful Southern Pig-tailed Macaques

We got a few flybys.

Slender-billed Crow

Green Imperial-pigeon

Male Black Hornbill

Immature White-bellied Sea-eagle

A pair of Rhinoceros Hornbills (female left, male right) came close.

Blue-eared and Stork-billed Kingfishers are common here. Here's a photo of the latter.

An adult Lesser Fish-eagle (left) and a male Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot wraps up the birds on the river.

An Estuarine Crocodile was stealthily keeping its eyes on us.

Then, the guides got news of Pygmy Elephants showing along the main river, so off we went.

So we ended out first boat ride with a few key mammals under our belt. No sign of our target bird, Bornean Ground Cuckoo, though.

Back at the restaurant, it was about time for dinner, and to our surprise, a Black-and-red Broadbill was roosting on the eaves of the restaurant! We saw it earlier hanging out at the restaurant, but we didn't know it intended to roost here for the night. None of the locals knew either. Amazing.

After dinner, we realized that Bearded Pigs were showing up at the carpark area!

1. 2 Purple Heron
2. 3 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
3. 1 Lesser Fish-Eagle
4. 1 White-breasted Waterhen - Heard
5. 2 Little Green-Pigeon
6. 10 Green Imperial-Pigeon
7. 1 Greater Coucal - Heard
8. 2 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
9. 5 Plume-toed Swiftlet
10. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
11. 12 Rhinoceros Hornbill
12. 1 Black Hornbill
13. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
14. 1 Blue-eared Kingfisher
15. 1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
16. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
17. 1 Dollarbird
18. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
19. 1 Black-and-red Broadbill
20. 1 Banded Broadbill - Heard
21. 1 Black-naped Monarch - Male
22. 8 Slender-billed Crow
23. 5 Pacific Swallow
24. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
25. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
26. 2 White-chested Babbler - Heard
27. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin (Black) - Heard
28. 1 White-rumped Shama (White-crowned) - Heard
29. 1 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
30. 5 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
31. 5 Dusky Munia
32. 2 Chestnut Munia