Kinabatangan 12Jun18 pm

From KH

A short walk around Sukau revealed some common birds: White-breasted Waterhen, Collared Kingfisher and Brown-throated Sunbird.

Green Imperial-pigeons were very common here.

Some Maroon Leaf Monkeys were seen.

Fancy a small scorpion in your bathroom?!

This Buffy Fish-Owl came back a few times despite the disturbance from boats going out for night ride.

1. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
2. 4 Green Imperial-Pigeon
3. 1 Greater Coucal
4. 1 Plume-toed Swiftlet
5. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
6. 4 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
7. 2 Collared Kingfisher
8. 1 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
9. 1 Common Iora - Heard
10. 3 Pacific Swallow
11. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul - Heard
12. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
13. 1 Ashy Tailorbird - Heard
14. 2 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
15. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
16. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Heard
17. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird - Female
18. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
19. 2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
20. 2 Dusky Munia

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

Johor 22Apr18

From KH

This female Grey-and-buff Woodpecker stayed high up.

Similarly, this Green Imperial-pigeon flew high up.

Meanwhile, this Chestnut-bellied Malkoha was hiding in the trees.

While, this Whiskered Treeswift chose a high perch.

Fortunately, this photogenic Green Broadbill perched nicely for us.

Mr and Mrs Blue-winged Leafbird came low too.

One of the rarest babblers in Malaysia - Grey-breasted Babbler.

The Sooty-capped Babbler is much more common.

Another bird with a grey breast - Grey-breasted Spiderhunter.

This Hairy-backed Bulbul gave us some hint why it's so called.

This male Orange-bellied Flowerpecker also came low.

This Rufous-tailed Shama stayed in the mid-storey.

A couple of Wild Piglets stayed out in the open for a long time. Did something bad happen to the parents?

Loyang 29Mar13

From KH

After Mick Price's report of a pair of Green Imperial-pigeons at Loyang on 28 Mar, each of us made our own trip to Loyang to tick this bird off on 29 Mar. These birds brought back memory of our trip to Pulau Ubin about 1.5 years ago to track them down, but ended up ticking the even rarer Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeons!

Cat Tien 02-05Apr11

From KH

Danny, JS and I went to Cat Tien in Vietnam. JS has posted the trip report on travellingbirders.com, but the site has been shut down...

Photos from JS

White-throated Needletail

Photos from Danny

Indochinese Cuckooshrike

Blossom-headed Parakeets

Darter

Plain-backed Sparrow

Green Imperial-pigeons

Pulau Tekong 31May - 03Jun10

From JS

After a gruelling period of 4 days in Tekong, I am back to modern civilisation, back to the company of mynas and more mynas. At Tekong, it was the White-rumped Shama that were everywhere - on the road and one even came up to my instructors for food!

Thrash birds aside, I was fortunate to hear my first Mangrove Blue-flycatcher and see my first Black-naped Monarch on Tekong. I was expecting to see the monarch in the dense forest of Tekong but saw it at the shrubby trees by the track.

Other noteworthy sightings were more Green Imperial-pigeons and plenty of the brilliantly coloured Purple-throated Sunbird.

Raptor Sighting on 1/6: Osprey (1)

Pulau Tekong 18-21Mar10

From JS

I saw a pair of Green Imperial-pigeons. Large lilac-coloured bird with emerald dove's green wings. One perched and gave me a good view before flying away with his/her partner.

Raptors Seen:
1 Osprey on 18/3
1 OHB on 18/3
4 Black Bazas on 21/3