Lim Chu Kang Lane 3 23Jan21

From KH

I spent a couple of hours here still hoping to connect with Green Sandpiper, but failed again...

Five in one - Javan Mynas, Asian Glossy Starling, Daurian Starling, Wood Sandpiper, White-breasted Waterhen

Three in one - Little Ringed Plovers, Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Doves

Resident White-breasted Waterhens shared the canal with migrant Common Sandpiper.

Lots of juicy worms for the Wood Sandpipers.

Common Kingfisher caught a fish.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail and Grey Wagtail shared the canal.

Great Egret and Little Egret also shared.

Chestnut Munias taking a bath.

Male and female Baya Weavers feeding in the grass.

Female Common Flameback playing hide and seek with me.

Migrant Oriental Honey-Buzzard

Resident adult Brahminy Kite

Malayan Box Terrapin staring me down!

Domestic Dog prowled the canal.

Lesser Dart

1. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
2. Spotted Dove 4
3. Zebra Dove 4
4. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon 1
5. Lesser Coucal 1
6. Asian Koel 1 - Heard
7. dark swiftlet sp. 30
8. White-breasted Waterhen 6
9. Little Ringed Plover 2
10. Common Sandpiper 2
11. Wood Sandpiper 10 - Wintering
12. Yellow Bittern 1
13. Great Egret 1
14. Little Egret 2
15. pond-heron sp. 2
16. Oriental Honey-buzzard 1
17. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 - Heard
18. Brahminy Kite 1
19. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 1
20. Common Kingfisher 1
21. White-throated Kingfisher 1
22. Blue-tailed Bee-eater 2
23. Lineated Barbet 1 - Heard
24. Common Flameback 2
25. Rose-ringed Parakeet 1 - Heard
26. Black-naped Oriole 2
27. Common Iora 1 - Heard
28. House Crow 20
29. Common Tailorbird 1
30. Yellow-bellied Prinia 1 - Heard
31. Black-browed Reed Warbler 2
32. Pacific Swallow 5
33. Yellow-vented Bulbul 5
34. Asian Glossy Starling 5
35. Daurian Starling 5
36. Javan Myna 10
37. Oriental Magpie-Robin 2
38. Olive-backed Sunbird 2
39. Baya Weaver 2
40. Chestnut Munia 2
41. Gray Wagtail 1
42. Eastern Yellow Wagtail 1

Stewart Island 16Jun19

From KH

We couldn't go far today due to the rain, so only these 10 birds to show.

1. Paradise Shelduck 4
2. Mallard 3
3. Variable Oystercatcher 2
4. Silver Gull (Red-billed) 5
5. Kelp Gull 1
6. Buller's Albatross 5
7. Great Cormorant 1
8. New Zealand Kaka 1
9. European Starling 5
10. House Sparrow

Ladybird - not counted...

European Starling singing away before the rain came

Buller's Albatross showing underparts at Halfmoon Bay

Soon it was time to board the ferry. There weren't much along the strait except 5 Buller's Albatrosses, 1 Cape Petrel and 2 Swamp Harriers.

Buller's Albatross showing upperparts in Foveaux Strait

A Cape Petrel flew past

Stewart Island 15Jun19 am

From KH

Foveaux Strait

Birds seen in the strait

1. Silver Gull (Red-billed) 10
2. Kelp Gull 5
3. White-fronted Tern 10
4. Buller's Albatross 8
5. White-capped Albatross 2
6. Stewart Island Shag 5
7. Swamp Harrier 1

Swamp Harrier over Foveaux Strait.

White-capped and Buller's Albatrosses are common in the strait.

Buller's Albatross

White-capped Albatross

Birds seen in Oban, Stewart Island

1. Paradise Shelduck 2
2. Variable Oystercatcher 3
3. Silver Gull (Red-billed) 10
4. Kelp Gull 2
5. Buller's Albatross 1
6. Spotted Shag 1
7. Stewart Island Shag 1
8. Sacred Kingfisher 1
9. Tui 5
10. New Zealand Bellbird 5
11. New Zealand Fantail 5
12. Silvereye 8
13. European Starling 10
14. Eurasian Blackbird 2
15. Dunnock 2
16. House Sparrow

Red-billed and Kelp Gulls are also common here.

Red-billed Gull

Kelp Gull with pied morph Stewart Island Shags

Stewart Island Shags come in two morphs - pied and bronze.

Bronze morph Steward Island Shag

Spotted Shag and Pied Cormorant seem less common here.

Spotted Shag

Pied Cormorant

Variable Oystercatchers also come with different morphs. Here's a pair of the black morph.

Paradise Shelducks - female with white head, male black.

A couple of endemics: Tui and NZ Bellbird.

And a couple of introduced species: European Starling and Eurasian Blackbird.

Sepilok 08Jun18

From KH

The strategy today is the same as last couple of days - stay at the tower to wait for the morning bird waves.

Firstly, a male van Hasselt's Sunbird.

And a female Ruby-cheeked Sunbird.

Then, a male Lesser Green Leafbird (left) and a Verditer Flycatcher.

Next, a Red-eyed Bulbul (left) and Asian Glossy Starlings.

A few Slender-billed Crows flew right above us.

So did Aerodramus swiftlets.

A Southern Pig-tailed Macaque (left) was descending a tree, while a squirrel foraged on.

Having had enough of waiting on the towers, Danny and I decided to take a walk down on the tracks.

We got a Rufous-winged Philentoma and a few Hairy-backed Bulbuls.

And a few other birds.

Black-capped Babbler in the undergrowth

Spectacled Bulbul with caterpillar in mouth

An unfriendly Purple-naped Sunbird

The Black-crowned Pitta was still around!

It was nice to see a Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel. The variant in Borneo has black upperparts, unlike the Peninsular Malaysia one, which is all creamy.

Soon, it was about time to leave RDC for Kinabatangan. On the way out, we got a few Little Spiderhunters and an Oriental Darter.

As well as an endemic Sabah Slender Skink to round up the morning's trip.

1. 1 Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
2. 3 Treron sp.
3. 1 Greater Coucal - Heard
4. 1 Violet Cuckoo - Heard
5. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
6. 1 Brush Cuckoo - Heard
7. 30 Plume-toed Swiftlet
8. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 1 Diard's Trogon - Heard
10. 1 Black Hornbill - Heard
11. 2 Dollarbird
12. 1 Brown Barbet
13. 1 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
14. 1 Gold-faced Barbet - Heard
15. 1 Buff-rumped Woodpecker - Heard
16. 10 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
17. 2 Black-and-yellow Broadbill - Heard
18. 1 Black-crowned Pitta
19. 2 Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
20. 1 Rufous-winged Philentoma
21. 1 Green Iora
22. 5 minivet sp.
23. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
24. 3 Slender-billed Crow
25. 1 Pacific Swallow
26. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
27. 5 Red-eyed Bulbul
28. 1 Spectacled Bulbul
29. 2 Hairy-backed Bulbul
30. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
31. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
32. 2 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
33. 4 Chestnut-winged Babbler
34. 1 Chestnut-rumped Babbler - Heard
35. 2 Black-capped Babbler
36. 1 Verditer Flycatcher
37. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
38. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
39. 5 Javan Myna
40. 1 Lesser Green Leafbird - Male
41. 1 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
42. 4 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
43. 1 Van Hasselt's Sunbird - Male
44. 4 Little Spiderhunter
45. 1 Purple-naped Spiderhunter
46. 4 Eurasian Tree Sparrow