Kinabatangan 10Jun18 am

From KH

5 raptors:

Grey-headed Fish-eagle. Wallace's Hawk-eagle.

Jerdon's Baza. Adult Brahminy Kite.

Male White-fronted Falconet flying in with prey to hand over to female, who gladly took it!

3 hornbills:

Female White-crowned Hornbill. Bushy-crested Hornbill.

Black Hornbill (left female, right male)

2 resident kingfishers.

Female Blue-eared Kingfisher showing her back and front.

Stork-billed Kingfisher

1 rare austral migrant - Sacred Kingfisher.

Storm's Storks (left) and Great Egret.

And other birds:

Blur shot of Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo. 100% crop of Pink-necked Green-pigeons.

100% crop of Blue-throated Bee-eaters.

Butt shot of Slender-billed Crows.

At last, something close and open: White-chested Babbler.

1. 4 Storm's Stork
2. 1 Lesser Adjutant
3. 2 Oriental Darter
4. 5 Purple Heron
5. 5 Great Egret
6. 1 Jerdon's Baza
7. 1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
8. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Dark morph
9. 1 Wallace's Hawk-Eagle - Juvenile
10. 1 Brahminy Kite
11. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle - Adult
12. 1 Asian Emerald Dove
13. 5 Pink-necked Pigeon
14. 5 Green Imperial-Pigeon
15. 3 Greater Coucal
16. 1 Raffles's Malkoha
17. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
18. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
19. 5 Plume-toed Swiftlet
20. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
21. 1 White-crowned Hornbill - Female
22. 1 Rhinoceros Hornbill - Heard
23. 1 Bushy-crested Hornbill
24. 4 Black Hornbill
25. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
26. 4 Blue-eared Kingfisher
27. 2 Stork-billed Kingfisher
28. 1 Sacred Kingfisher
29. 5 Blue-throated Bee-eater
30. 2 Dollarbird
31. 1 Brown Barbet
32. 1 Blue-eared Barbet
33. 1 Red-throated Barbet - Heard
34. 2 White-fronted Falconet - A pair
35. 5 Long-tailed Parakeet
36. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
37. 5 Black-and-red Broadbill
38. 2 Black-and-yellow Broadbill - Heard
39. 3 Hooded Pitta - Heard
40. 1 Common Iora
41. 1 Dark-throated Oriole - Heard
42. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
43. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
44. 1 Black-naped Monarch - Heard
45. 5 Slender-billed Crow
46. 3 Pacific Swallow
47. 2 Red-eyed Bulbul
48. 3 Ashy Tailorbird
49. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
50. 2 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
51. 2 Chestnut-winged Babbler - Heard
52. 5 White-chested Babbler
53. 2 White-rumped Shama (White-crowned) - Heard
54. 2 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher - Heard
55. 5 Asian Glossy Starling
56. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
57. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Heard
58. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Heard

Kinabatangan 09Jun18 am

From KH

The Pygmy Elephants are more open today this morning.

Next up, an Estuarine Crocodile.

Then, a Water Monitor.

All the egrets we photographed turned out to be Great Egrets.

Long-tailed Parakeets and a Dollarbird on the bare trees.

This male Bornean Orangutan is so shy. First, he turned his back on us. Then, he covered his face with his palm...

A Crested Serpent-eagle flying away.

Noisy Bushy-crested Hornbills.

Oriental Darters are common here. Adult left, juvenile right.

So are Black-and-red Broadbills and White-chested Babblers.

Blue-eared Kingfishers were also common here, but the Bornean Brown Barbet was less common.

Malaysian Blue-flycatcher couple: male left, female with nesting material right.

A Plantain Squirrel joined in the fun.

Lastly, our only lifer for today - a pair of White-fronted Falconets: male left, female right.

1. 10 Oriental Darter
2. 5 Purple Heron
3. 15 Great Egret
4. 1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
5. 1 Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
6. 2 Greater Coucal - Heard
7. 5 Plume-toed Swiftlet
8. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 4 Bushy-crested Hornbill
10. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
11. 2 Blue-eared Kingfisher
12. 1 Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
13. 1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
14. 1 Collared Kingfisher
15. 2 Blue-throated Bee-eater
16. 1 Dollarbird
17. 1 Brown Barbet
18. 2 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
19. 1 Red-throated Barbet - Heard
20. 2 White-bellied Woodpecker
21. 3 White-fronted Falconet
22. 8 Long-tailed Parakeet
23. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
24. 3 Black-and-red Broadbill
25. 2 Black-and-yellow Broadbill - Heard
26. 4 Hooded Pitta
27. 5 Slender-billed Crow
28. 5 Pacific Swallow
29. 5 Ashy Tailorbird
30. 2 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
31. 1 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
32. 1 Chestnut-winged Babbler
33. 5 White-chested Babbler
34. 1 White-rumped Shama (White-crowned) - Heard
35. 2 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher