tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91048936305245417432024-03-06T14:50:32.229+08:00Borneo AvifaunaPictures collection flora and fauna of Sabah,Malaysia,Borneo islandborneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-17700039705906391302013-02-02T00:31:00.001+08:002013-10-10T14:04:17.628+08:00Stork-billed Kingfisher - Pelargopsis capensis<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Most common kingfisher around Sabah's river and mangrove areas. This is a digiscope not edited taken with Kowa TSN883 telescope with Nikon P300. Taken from Taman Bukit Tawau during the first Tawau Hill Park Biodiversity Expo </div>
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-50260009720908166022013-02-02T00:21:00.001+08:002013-10-10T14:51:31.383+08:00Common Kingisher - Alcedo atthis<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-61470325870524370452012-02-28T23:07:00.000+08:002013-10-10T14:40:12.347+08:00Hose's Broadbill - Calyptomena hosei 20cm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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One of the rarest and least known endemic broadbill to Borneo. Found throughout the hills and lower slopes of mountains from Kinabalu ( Poring ) to NE kalimantan and also at Mulu, Kelabit highland, usun apau, Lawas and Lanjak Entimau Sarawak. This picture taken last year Near Langganan Waterfall about 3km from the main office at poring Hots Spring. This is the second time i saw this bird after 10 long year looking for it.</div>
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-6173931910480781332011-12-18T23:19:00.000+08:002013-10-10T14:58:23.373+08:00Whiskered Tern-Chlidonias hybrida<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Common winter visitor throughout Sabah.Found on the coast and paddy field.<br />
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Taken with Kowa Telescope TSN-883+20-60 zoom eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-89366311980430083152011-12-13T23:58:00.000+08:002013-10-10T14:59:42.000+08:00Red-billed Starling - Sturnus sericeus 22cm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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A common winter visitor in Vietnam and Hong kong, this is the first ever photograph record of this bird this year<br />
This picture taken from kota Kinabalu, Sabah<br />
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Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN 883+30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-18253436166440411412011-12-13T23:43:00.000+08:002013-10-10T15:00:33.771+08:00Brown Wood Owl - Strix leptogrammica 47cm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Common resident at Tabin Wildlife Reserve and Danum Valley or any lowland forest in Borneo.<br />
Sometimes need a luck to see them<br />
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Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-78086274301202041742011-12-13T23:32:00.000+08:002013-10-10T15:01:06.824+08:00Golden-naped Barbet - Megalaima pulcherrima 20cm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Montane endemic<br />
A common montane at Kinabalu Park and some others mountain in Borneo at 600-3200mm ASL.<br />
Call a lot but difficult to get a eye level view<br />
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Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883+ 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-65837189020855589222011-12-13T23:21:00.000+08:002013-10-10T15:02:25.035+08:00Blue-tailed Bee-Eater - Merops philippinus<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Uncommon and a scarce vagrant to North Borneo or Sabah. This is the first ever photograph of this bird in Sabah.<br />
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Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883+ 20-60 zoom eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-88647423010154891212011-12-13T23:12:00.000+08:002013-10-10T15:03:11.199+08:00Buff-banded Rail - Gallirallus philippensis 30cm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Rapidly expanding population from Tempasuk Kota Belud to Kota Kinabalu. Now getting common to see them around any of the paddy field around kota Kinabalu.<br />
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Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 20-60 eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-61493063789199021622011-12-13T23:04:00.000+08:002013-10-10T15:05:06.113+08:00Blue-naped Parrot - Tanygnathus lucionensis<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Common bird around Tg.Aru Beach or better known as the Prince Phillip park. Use to be common around Pulau Mantanai off Kota Belud but i did not see the bird on our recce 2 years ago<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-23625599534265732302011-12-13T01:28:00.000+08:002011-12-13T01:29:13.309+08:00Shinwa Tourist Group<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXbKlMw9Y-hYIcUWLodCPp24kQQYHn3uCSV_E2KRA8wEKMF-wqksDpEVQqG7qy4XNGI3ZJxEZKzFFKstzhn-jHAKuClrumlFU9zIx1uVYTeNI0Xdjs9Os8sKUyDBWgga06Dcn0SvtVX8c/s1600/DSC08096.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXbKlMw9Y-hYIcUWLodCPp24kQQYHn3uCSV_E2KRA8wEKMF-wqksDpEVQqG7qy4XNGI3ZJxEZKzFFKstzhn-jHAKuClrumlFU9zIx1uVYTeNI0Xdjs9Os8sKUyDBWgga06Dcn0SvtVX8c/s400/DSC08096.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Birding early morning at Kinabalu park near the Liwagu Restaurant<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-31884075673559924792011-12-13T01:24:00.000+08:002011-12-13T01:25:22.863+08:00Shinwa Tourist Birding Group<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLlTGFFN9t5wOpxrHfJX3rm-Nlg7V8upCPX2ahzQE1xwp9Ziu5maYGqDvCRRhVGawu5HYDKbCWYjnZSk38VatHN_aKK08BoNNwtO9TCUcTeSswbb9cyw04y_xITVzksB-KR8E-DZUGMvu/s1600/DSC08088.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVLlTGFFN9t5wOpxrHfJX3rm-Nlg7V8upCPX2ahzQE1xwp9Ziu5maYGqDvCRRhVGawu5HYDKbCWYjnZSk38VatHN_aKK08BoNNwtO9TCUcTeSswbb9cyw04y_xITVzksB-KR8E-DZUGMvu/s400/DSC08088.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Birding early morning at Kinabalu park near the Liwagu Restaurant<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-89411531210372253072011-12-13T01:22:00.000+08:002011-12-13T01:22:45.431+08:00Birding with Shinwa Tourist Group<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcIR-_0Sripchv4dXIi9LYUuuwgZBc1BysaW0TB2esx20F1GKu5rDfMENMuD8UiY9dxgL-XFyeiuCc9H0qOY35QV-KVFJx-z0SbP_FAPDfeLKc_CJ0HphPgl6uqa9pdsyw8f__ffAKYsX/s1600/DSC08075.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcIR-_0Sripchv4dXIi9LYUuuwgZBc1BysaW0TB2esx20F1GKu5rDfMENMuD8UiY9dxgL-XFyeiuCc9H0qOY35QV-KVFJx-z0SbP_FAPDfeLKc_CJ0HphPgl6uqa9pdsyw8f__ffAKYsX/s400/DSC08075.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Shinwa Tourist birding group.Waiting for the Bat fly out from the Cave ( Gomantong Cave). Thanks for Chin Hock to let me lead the group<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-72441877122818125032011-11-18T22:09:00.000+08:002013-10-10T15:08:42.438+08:00Brown Shrike - Passage migrant<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-85017066463296025522011-11-18T20:14:00.000+08:002011-11-18T22:11:28.878+08:00Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus cristatus 20cm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Very common visitor to Sabah specially on the west coast. Normally the bird will occupy the same area once its settled.<br />
Breeds in central Russia to NE Asia.<br />
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Setup: Kowa telescope + 20-60 zoom with Nikon coolpix P300<br />
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Scarce montane endemic. Uncommon from kinabalu south to kayan mentarang in kalimantan.<br />
So far this is the best picture i've taken.<br />
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Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepice with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-31241394866624473342011-11-13T00:28:00.000+08:002013-10-10T15:15:28.791+08:00Olive-backed Sunbird-Chalcoparia singalensis 11cm<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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Common resident throughout Borneo but to get a good picture of this bird is very difficult specially digiscoping<br />
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Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 20-60 eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<br />
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borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-31843027090054421452011-11-04T12:43:00.000+08:002011-11-04T12:44:29.181+08:00Stork-billed Kingfisher - Pelargopsis capensis<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyASeAr8HLrlsXAMSvDxw6hdPpUJY8Q-vXGPYWpOzDtmCbW8yKrvPNlL3Ha2E-vHTd3dR1QDjpvZmaDLDAioe0qLQWelwpaAOJ_OBPzszBWlszIBZavPEerMOf177M-eN-l1-Vyg215P-G/s1600/DSCN4269_edited-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyASeAr8HLrlsXAMSvDxw6hdPpUJY8Q-vXGPYWpOzDtmCbW8yKrvPNlL3Ha2E-vHTd3dR1QDjpvZmaDLDAioe0qLQWelwpaAOJ_OBPzszBWlszIBZavPEerMOf177M-eN-l1-Vyg215P-G/s400/DSCN4269_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />A common resident throughout Borneo<br />One of my best digiscope shot for this species in action.<br /><br />Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-30633587101756386242011-11-03T22:48:00.000+08:002011-11-03T22:48:29.368+08:00Red-Bearded Bee-Eater - Nyctyornis amictus<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL-6uiv4u-1N_iL6ZZI7gg8b0QxYN_ZwAHzSs9y78dc1QJ_2GNL3sIYXXVkEvJhpQblYK2TqFMupuGSEZt9VZ6gNTkJQ_cTidZU8xz8Zh73cg3xlhzMs4Lk53KNXzDeVmQcydJ_Yh7UgA/s1600/DSCN4743_edited-3.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrL-6uiv4u-1N_iL6ZZI7gg8b0QxYN_ZwAHzSs9y78dc1QJ_2GNL3sIYXXVkEvJhpQblYK2TqFMupuGSEZt9VZ6gNTkJQ_cTidZU8xz8Zh73cg3xlhzMs4Lk53KNXzDeVmQcydJ_Yh7UgA/s400/DSCN4743_edited-3.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Locally common to uncommon resident throughout Borneo.<br />This is so far the best picture i've taken for this species.<br />Setup : Kowa telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-1299567281417072412011-10-21T18:56:00.000+08:002011-10-21T18:56:21.690+08:00Red Avadavat - Amandava amandava<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoXamKeHdl-wOQXHukpXAnrGIrutrRgDE8N8_y9QC5NKE_WXKVXsj50qxphGry7dtTeawUN7p8xEZTulf2LRnznSbDB1nG3C3vH1EBotjvvv_GvdDpv4jk0qQPAOqknk4MMa9Jm2d9wzi/s1600/DSCN5083-3.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoXamKeHdl-wOQXHukpXAnrGIrutrRgDE8N8_y9QC5NKE_WXKVXsj50qxphGry7dtTeawUN7p8xEZTulf2LRnznSbDB1nG3C3vH1EBotjvvv_GvdDpv4jk0qQPAOqknk4MMa9Jm2d9wzi/s400/DSCN5083-3.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />This is the best picture of this bird i ever taken. As i don't have big lens so i depending very much on my digiscoping.<br />Social, living in small flocks. Frequents scrub,grassland,cultivated areas and paddy fields.<br /><br />Setup: Kowa telescope + 30x wide with Nikon Coolpix P300<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-54845719594854011792011-10-21T18:43:00.000+08:002011-10-21T18:43:41.578+08:00Rufous-collared Kingfisher-Actenoides concretus<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4SDK14ZPWNaA7ACrPz3eZYP0Ly-MmVEk6gUAgNygbYiIenWa-kSRGEqCl0z-4SlkXnhWHO65tRrKACd_81XnmXrvAMgOBk66QJ_YDldI2PYKkiDuPRpVrifqf_XMMTruGkt8eWMCq3g4/s1600/DSCN9019.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4SDK14ZPWNaA7ACrPz3eZYP0Ly-MmVEk6gUAgNygbYiIenWa-kSRGEqCl0z-4SlkXnhWHO65tRrKACd_81XnmXrvAMgOBk66QJ_YDldI2PYKkiDuPRpVrifqf_XMMTruGkt8eWMCq3g4/s400/DSCN9019.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />An uncommon bird of lowland and hill forests up to 1500mm.<br />I use to struggle to take a good picture of this bird when i still have my old compact camera Sony W300, but when the new<br />Nikon Coolpix P300 came out, no problem to digiscope this bird since you can up the ISO to 400.<br />Setup : Kowa telescope TSN-883 + 30x wide with Nikon coolpix P300<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-89436827267037746042011-10-04T21:58:00.000+08:002011-10-04T21:59:11.527+08:00Red Avadavat - Amandava amandava - 10cm<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNtf5yqwUSMqwjMDo6Yf_HUQkpCPDVcyNS1WIWB14akZRFupUXvtzR2Mb40PM8a2xj1-2OfR4z0VTvGs2f8n5psNCP9GUxDJ0YRz9Fqej98qp3l9hrIxEr-OxsI4oq0KRN4ntFB0fZ608/s1600/DSCN1410.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNtf5yqwUSMqwjMDo6Yf_HUQkpCPDVcyNS1WIWB14akZRFupUXvtzR2Mb40PM8a2xj1-2OfR4z0VTvGs2f8n5psNCP9GUxDJ0YRz9Fqej98qp3l9hrIxEr-OxsI4oq0KRN4ntFB0fZ608/s400/DSCN1410.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />First noted in 1969 in Kota Kinabalu, my first sight for this bird was 15 or 17 years ago near the KKIA.<br />Now small population still around in Kota Kinabalu as a few of my birding buddy and photographers friends ever took picture of this little red munia.<br />Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x + Nikon Coolpix P300</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-9358760880938720572011-10-02T22:21:00.000+08:002011-10-02T22:22:10.046+08:00Whiskered Treeswift - Hemiprocne comata<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJkIipKe-3uFFX7kHTeosySqALf7iLRvQFWz2z5xzZFt2LUC7nqGraBfh_zRw2lKOuJDLWdpYzjbI01r12gt2pUvIk8QaiB-RDjswJx67-YdiEGuRgomhRQiNtJxKrmrAf0Tb_LXTiA_b/s1600/DSC02207-4.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJkIipKe-3uFFX7kHTeosySqALf7iLRvQFWz2z5xzZFt2LUC7nqGraBfh_zRw2lKOuJDLWdpYzjbI01r12gt2pUvIk8QaiB-RDjswJx67-YdiEGuRgomhRQiNtJxKrmrAf0Tb_LXTiA_b/s400/DSC02207-4.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />A common resident throughout Borneo.Normaly on the open areas in primary ans secondry lowland dipterocarp and kerangas forest.<br />Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x eyepiece + Sony DSC W300<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104893630524541743.post-86018548822445443332011-10-02T04:06:00.000+08:002011-10-02T04:07:07.898+08:00Storm's Stork - Ciconia stormi - 120cm<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_AZ_n6xMm0oulMTo1i-OZ87xl1iGHdM6Dg0c6yLX885UBB1WsChef_iWID2ymHXEC6d8UkuyF4eCE0P6WXmazSelibxOvDiDm0RnYngQSEeehjkr-godfriNtsyFAaA3lzZIdiXPA-1u/s1600/DSCN5515-1.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_AZ_n6xMm0oulMTo1i-OZ87xl1iGHdM6Dg0c6yLX885UBB1WsChef_iWID2ymHXEC6d8UkuyF4eCE0P6WXmazSelibxOvDiDm0RnYngQSEeehjkr-godfriNtsyFAaA3lzZIdiXPA-1u/s400/DSCN5515-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Uncommon local lowland resident throughout Borneo, Sabah is the stronghold for this Endangered species<br />Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x eyepiece and with Nikon Coolpix P300<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>borneoavifaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614075418822555499noreply@blogger.com0