BTNR, Bidadari 17Nov10

From KH

Activities were still going strong at the Bt Timah summit, so was the army of cameramen/women. Danny, JS and I got all our targeted birds.

Male Jambu Fruit-dove ©Tan KH

Eyebrowed Thrush. Left ©Danny Lau, right ©Tan KH

Siberian Thrush ©Tan KH

Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher ©Danny Lau

Left: Female Blue-and-white Flycatcher. Right: Streaked Bulbul ©Tan KH

Left: Ashy Bulbul. Right: Black-crested Bulbul ©Tan KH

BTNR Summit 0715-1130
1. Japanese Sparrowhawk 2
2. Jambu Fruit-dove >3
3. Thick-billed Green-pigeon >20
4. Pink-necked Green-pigeon 2
5. Swiftlet spp.
6. Brown-backed Needletail 1-2
7. Red-crowned Barbet 2
8. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo 1
9. Black-naped Oriole 1
10. Asian Fairy Bluebird >3
11. Greater Green Leafbird 1
12. Eyebrowed Thrush 3 (1 male, 1 female, 1 immature)
13. Siberian Thrush 2 female
14. Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher 1
15. Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
16. Blue-and-white Flycatcher 4 (1 male, 1 immature male, 2 female)
17. Asian Glossy Starling >20
18. Javan Myna 2 (did not join in the feast)
19. Pacific Swallows >5
20. Barn Swallows >5
21. Red-eyed Bulbul >5
22. Black-crested Bulbul 2
23. Cream-vented Bulbul 1
24. Ashy Bulbul 8
25. Streaked Bulbul >2
26. Arctic Warbler 2
27. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 1 male
28. Crimson Sunbird 1 male 1 female

After lunch, we went to Bidadari and sure enough the Oriental Cuckoo was there. ©Danny Lau

I heard that the Hodgson's and Drongo Cuckoos were also there, but we did not bother with these 'trash' birds, because the sky looked threatening. :)

Sabah 29Mar-10Apr08

From Con

Saw (or heard) about 170 species of birds in Sabah and several mammals, but dipped on Black and Crimson (Garnet) Pitta despite trying three days, fellow was calling very close, but wouldn't show himself.

For me, the bird of the trip was the Whitehead's Trogon, endemic to a few high mountains in Borneo. Here's one attached, more to come :-)

No ticks, only 1 leech bite. No leeches on Mt. Kinabalu!

For the first time that I'm certain I've really seen Greater & Lesser Sand-plovers, see this series of photos. Notice the obvious size difference. Taken in Likas Bay, Kota Kinabalu.

From the left, what I think we have got are: Common Sandpiper, LSP first winter, LSP assuming breeding plumage, GSP, LSP first winter.

Female Oriental Cuckoo seen at Mt. Kinabalu.

Here are two views of a Bornean Whistler we saw one morning at Mt Kinabalu, it was feeding on insects or caterpillars, about 7am near the cabins we were staying in at park headquarters about 1500 meters altitude.

There is also this very interesting website on birds of Sabah: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/om/om052.pdf