Sepilok 07Jun18 late morning

From KH

At the lodge, we added a few more common birds: Pacific Swallow, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Asian Glossy Starling and Olive-backed Sunbird.

A wet Yellow-vented Bulbul

Male Olive-backed Sunbird

Then, we were off to RDC again.

The first bird that welcomed us back was a Greater Coucal at eye level.

Followed by this male endemic Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker, which showed us his rump.

A few of the other Bornean subspecies here are potential splits: the White-crowned Shama (left) looks quite different from the White-rumped Shama; while the Charlotte's Bulbul does look like the Buff-vented Bulbul.

Other birds here included Blue-eared Barbet, Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler and Short-tailed Babbler.

This pair of Black-and-yellow Broadbills must have a nest nearby. The female (left) had a cockroach in her mouth, while the shy male was hiding high up.

The Prevost's Squirrels here are black.

Skink running away.

Freshwater crab with nice pattern on the back. Interesting plated millipede.

A couple of butterflies: Idea species and Common Imperial.

These ants were carrying a scorpion pincer! Exoskeleton of a stick insect.

Time for lunch and an afternoon siesta!

Johor 15-16Jul17

From KH

Con, Danny, JS, BJ and I went on this trip.

Male Black-and-yellow Broadbill wears a necklace!

Blue-eared Barbet zoomed past.

Brown Fulvetta: usually seen in bird waves, but this one was alone.

Rufous-fronted Babbler: another bird-wave bird.

How many Thick-billed Green-pigeons?

Mole Cricket hugging a rock.

The star of the trip was this foot-long Stick Insect, which we found crawling on the ground.

Tanjung Tuan Mar06

From Con

Many photos from Raptor Watch, first the birds, then the people ;-) Five pictures of the Oriental Honey-Buzzard, including a close up, and a war veteran.

One picture of a WBSE.

Bird of the trip, Blue-Eared Barbet, a lifer for all of us.

Now the people ... Boys trying Minox bins.

Sunset day one.

Day One score card.

Day Two, John Arifin at the light house.

Danny Lau at the light house.

Peck Chan & Jimmy Chew (behind the monster camera).

Lots of birding equipment poised for action.

Peak activity around 12:30PM on Sunday, there are about 50 raptors in this photo.

Retreating into the shadows in a lull in the action.

Yamane Yoshio on the lookout.

Just me.

A couple of Pigeon-Holes:- Ashley Ng.

Morten Strange & family.

A couple of MNS birders from Kuching, TT King & friend.

Dr Yap Lip Kee & John Arifin @ Yong Peng

Rice Wine Chicken & other goodies at Or Hwu restaraunt in Yong Peng

From Danny

Well only two photos to share but there were many exciting birding moments & apportunities to meet new friends. I had a lot of fun, enjoy the good company & wonderful memories.

Marisol,
Very thoughtful of you to prepare such delicious sandwiches, chicken salads, autumn grapes....... ....When we were almost roasted with no sign of the raptors, your cold chicken salads were godsend & b4 we could finish, the raptor waves swept in. If not for the big guns pointing skyward, I'm sure they would swoop down & join us. According to Yamane's thick book the Grey-faced Buzzards are in Philippines, so maybe you could spot a couple of hundreds - we didn't spot any over here.

Black-thighed falconet

Condensed version of Yamane's "brick" book of Raptors

From Yamane

Yong Pong: Colony of purple herons/black-crowned night herons

Brown shrike

Purple heron

Black-crowned night-heron

At the entrance of Ilham Resorts

At the entrance of the way to Light-house

MNS's festival for Raptor Watch

After dinner

Sunset

Common mynas

Dollarbird

At the Light-house (Thanks for MNS's courtesy)

Many Raptors are coming.

MNS members and others

Blue-eared barbet

Against the background of the Light-house

Raptors

At Yong Pong
1) Purple heron
2) Black-crowned night-heron
3) Yellow bittern
4) Brown shrike
5) House crow
6) Yellow-bellied prinia
7) Asian glossy starling
8) Common myna
9) Javan myna
10) Barn swallow
11) House sparrow

At Tanjung Tuan
1) Blue-eared barbet
2) Dollarbird
3) White-throated kingfisher
4) Collared kingfisher
5) Blue-tailed bee-eater
6) Fork-tailed swift
7) House swift
8) Spotted dove
9) Zebra dove
10) Oriental honey-buzzard
11) White-bellied sea eagle
12) Chinese goshawk
13) Black-thighed falconet
14) House crow
15) Black-naped oriole
16) Greated racket-tailed drongo
17) Oriental magpie robin
18) Asian glossy starling
19) Common myna
20) Javan myna
21) Barn swallow
22) Pacific swallow
23) Yellow-vented bulbul
24) Common tailorbird
25) Ashy tailorbird
26) Olive-backed sunbird
27) House sparrow