Waders

Another waders are found this year 2011. I am consider lucky that I am able to see these birds almost every year. The phalarope is not predictable to where it uses to be except as long there is water. I was even find it on a small pool of water in the middle of the road and I just could not believe it when I saw it.

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)

Happy birding.

Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)

After searching for about 4 years and at last I got this bird from friends Eugene Cheah and Andrew Siani information. My next target will be Long-billed Plover which is hard to identify from Little Ringed Plover especially at juvenile stage.

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

At the same day in the field two of these birds were also there and its existance is every year.

Happy birding.

Asian Paradise Flycatcher

After waiting for almost 4 years for good pictures of this bird finally ended. Add to my knowledge of how these birds looking after their baby. They are by turn searching foods for their chick. One go and another stay.

Happy birding.

Surfing

Surfing is another healthy activity and just quite surprising that when I turning to our beach, a number of surfers surfing and quite a numbers watchers sit still on the rock along the beach watching them surfing too.

Casting non-stop urine?????

Birding is one of very good activities. Giving good exercise to human bodies. When you go for birding, 100% sure that you are breathing clean air. You are giving carbon dioxide to trees and in return you receive oxygen from them. What is a healthy air!! Then, what you see when you are birding....wow! many beautiful birds, many insects, many mammals.....minute living things and what else..... oohhh...many many many more....beautiful flowers etc. Then incredibly what I saw was an inesct-CICADA-casting water unbelieveable intermittently but non stop from its body. May be this insect is drying itself and die because this insect life is very short. See the movie that I record. Have you seen this before?

Shooting at RDC

I went to Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sandakan last week attentionally for Ruddy Kingfisher which was seen two days ago before I reached the location. Birding there for two days but no sign of Ruddy Kingfisher seen. Hopefully next time. While came and went from the location, I shot other birds. There were many birds seen but I could digiscoped a few only. I missed Bornean Bristlhead too.

Crested Serpent Eagle

Red-naped Trogon
Scarlet-rumped Trogon
Diard's Trogon
Black-backed Kingfisher

Additional bird to my bird list.

Black Hornbill

Red-bearded bee-eater

Bronze Drongo

Oriental Cuckoo

It was so wonderful taking pictures with these birds. They were not so active though busy looking for food. Thanks to Wan Iskandar Buniyamin for taking me to the place where he found these birds. These birds are my lifers.

Female bird.
Male bird.
This one was staying on the ground to catch worms.
and so this male bird.

Happy birding.