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Welcome to my Malaysian Birding Blog. I migrated to blogspot.com as my blog at multiply.com closed shop in 2012. I wish to showcase all Malaysian birds that I have photographed whether here or overseas. My countdown of lifers started in 2005. Coming to Oct 2024 my countdown of lifers photograph has reached
577/688 species of birds of Malaysia in photos.

My shooting gear was a EF400mm f4 DO lens and Canon 7D body which to me is the ideal setup for mobility and bird chasing at that time. Eventhen the weight over my shoulder is more that 5.5 kg. As of June 2016 I have also acquired a Fuji XF 100-400mm OIS lens to complement my travelling cum birding trip overseas. My Fuji X-T2 went kaput recently and I upgraded to the X-T5 in 2023 ; the weight over my shoulder is much lighter now by 30%. In December 2018 I acquired the Nikon Coolpix P1000 as supplementary camera for distance shooting of 3000mm.
Fuji have finally made available their new XF 200-600mm lens which I yet to decide to spend another RM10,000. As for Fuji body I will stop with X-T5 36megapixel ..........

I am a weekend birder. Do feel free to drop me a line at mikebirding@gmail.com and I see whether you can tag along in my outings. My usual day trip is just an hour ride away to Hulu Langat, Lancang, Kemensah, Krau, Awana, Hulu Kali, Gombak Ole Road, Fraser's Hill , Bukit Tinggi and KSNP & Coastal Sg Janggut Jeram side of the coast . Overnite trip to Merapoh & Amp; Cameron, Air Hitam and further north to Kuala Sidim is a seldom affair but for lifer we travel. Panti in Johor is another good birding site that I yet to go. Then there are the Borneo birds of Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia which I seriously much go to chalk up more lifers. This I did in 2018 to Sepilok Sandakan and Kinabalu Park. Next Danum and LahatDatu . In 2024 I visited a new happening birding spot inTalang Seremban.......

WARNING Birding is an addiction once you started its hard to stop. The wifey and children are now birding widow and orphan.

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Monday 29 October 2018

Avian field report October 2018 - Sepilok Sandakan - Kinabalu Park


This was  my second bird outing  to Sabah for 2018. This time I am travelling with some a group of birding lasses. It was  a 6 days trip to Sepilok again and than transit to Kinabalu Park for the other half the trip. The ideal size of is 4 pax. We got a free upgrade by Hertz from a Saga to a Honda City and we were surprise the car booty can fix all our luggages.  I was ready to go to and fro twice to the  airport if necessary as Sepilok is just 20 minutes from SIA. Taxi will cost RM30-35 one way so not really worth the money.

We have booked into Sepilok Jungle Resort thru Theresa. I opt to stay in the no frill room (non aircon) at RM100 per nite as I was alone. More importantly there is no mosquito. Got to  save cost ma. The girls were sharing better room with wifi and air-con for RM175.00 per nite. If you stay longer there is usually a further discount of 10-15%. The girls know how to bargain..............

In Sepilok we encounter wet days  but still the birds are around in the month of October. I only managed to chalk up 2 lifers the Brown-backed Flowerpecker and the Rufous-backed Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher. I did note count the Bornean Stork-billed kf and the Bornean Oriental Magpie Robin as lifer but subspecies.


One of the highlight of our Sepilok trip is the sighting of a Oran-utan and its baby right on top the canopy walk.


The Bornean OMR is totally black which differed to our peninsual one



Resident birder Tommy was at hand to guide anyone he meets in Sepilok




























































After completing the tour in Sepilok we took flight to Kinabalu Park for our second leg of birding. It would be better if we just hire the car and drive from Sandakan to Ranau which almost match the time and distance of travel but would be cheaper by a couple of hundreds ringgit. There usually have a surcharge fro dropping the car at next venue ie Kinabalu International Airport.

The airflight took less than an hour and after receiving our Innova we were swiftly on the way up at 5.00 pm or so.






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