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Photographing the Egret
Posted in Birds, Photography, tagged Egret, Photo, Photograhy, Phtographing Egret on November 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Bornean Cockerel
Posted in Animal, Birds, Hotel, Photography, Places, Resort, Travel, tagged Birds, Birds of Borneo, Borneo, Chicken, Cockerel, Rooster, Sabah on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Morning Call @ Your Service
Welcome to Sabah, the Land that says” Tse!” to the Wind! Have a wonderful stay at our world-class hotel facilities. Our top notch mode of morning call is second to none- not that we are boasting. We have a way of making you rise and shine so as to enable you to [...]
Birds of Borneo- Pacific Reef Egret
Posted in Angler, Birds, Fishing, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Bird, Birdwatching, Black Morph, Dark Egret, Dark Morph, Egret, KK Esplanade, Pacific Reef Egret, Tanjung Lipat on October 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Non-Discriminatory Transformer- The Dark Morph Egret
Pacific Reef Heron is a bird species commonly found in the coastal areas of Sabah. On any given day you are bound to encounter them traversing across the sea coasts on their way to fish-hunting trips.
Birds of Borneo- Water Hen
Posted in Birds, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, KK Bird Santuary, KK Wetland Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Water Hen, White Breasted Water Hen on October 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Beep, Beep! The Road Runner
White breasted water hen is its proper name, but I nickname it the road runner for no apparent reason other than it looks slightly just like one.
Birds of Borneo- Purple Heron
Posted in Angler, Birds, Eqyptian, Fishing, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, Heron, Likas Lagoon, Pterodactyl, Purple Heron on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Walk Like An Egyptian
Observe closely the next time when a heron is wading through a shallow pool of water in a swamp ferreting for its next big catch. You will soon catch the meaning of ”Walk Like An Egyptian”.
Eagle- Aerial Fly Fishing
Posted in Angler, Birds, Fishing, Pantai, Places, Seaside, Sports, Travel, tagged Bird of Prey, Bird-watching, Birds, Birds of Borneo, Eagle, Eagle Fishing on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Angling For A Catch
“Like a fish out of water” couldn’t be more apt and just about describes the angling expedition by the eagle captured here.
Birds of Borneo- Chinese Crested Myna
Posted in Birds, Hairstyle, Park, Places, Travel, tagged Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, Chinese Crested Myna, Myna, Mynah on September 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Minor Mimer From China
This particular minor resembles the Glossy Starling.
Birds of Borneo- Green Imperial Pigeon
Posted in Birds, Park, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, Dove, Imperial Green Pigeon, Prince Phillip Park on September 4, 2009 | Comments Off
On Her Majesty Service
This bird is an unsociable loner, (##) tending to be in a foul mood all the time.
Birds of Borneo- Asian Glossy Starling
Posted in Birds, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Asian Glossy Starling, Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, Myna, Starling on September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Devil In Disguise
This species of bird can be found in abundance throughout Asia.
Birds of Borneo- Brahminy Kite
Posted in Birds, Fishing, Park, Places, Travel, Zoo, tagged Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birds of Prey, Birdwatching, Brahminy Kite, Eagle, Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, Zoo on September 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Chestnut Scavenger On the Wing
Brahminy Kite- a fairly common sight around the harbours of Sabah.
Sea Eagle In Flight
Posted in Birds, Fishing, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Eagle, Likas Coastal Highway, Sea Eagle, Signal Hill, Tanjung Lipat on August 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Raptor On the Prowl
Here’s a sequence of shots of a sea eagle(s) on patrol ready to pounce on its prey.
Parrots In Love
Posted in Birds, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Kota Kinabalu, Parakeet, Parrot, Parrot in the Wild on August 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Romancing the Parakeet
Plunge Diving @ KK Esplanade
Posted in Angler, Art, Beaches, Birds, Divine, Entertainments, Fishing, Happenings, Pantai, Park, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, Wonderment, tagged Bird, Birdwatching, kamikaze, KK Esplanade, Plumge diving, Seabird, Tern on August 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Kamikaze!
The Divine Wind
To say I was shell-shocked is to put it lightly. But stunned I truly was by the sight of the Kamikaze’s suicidal mission.
But it was fun and hilarious to watch the Kamikaze diving into the sea to catch its prey.
Birds of Borneo – Moorhen
Posted in Birds, Happenings, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, Likas Bay Lagoon, Morrhen, Swamphen, Waterhen on August 14, 2009 | Comments Off
A Chick For the Hen Night
Variously referred to as the swamphen, or moorhen, or waterhen depending on your geographic location.
Birds of Borneo- White Bellied Sea Eagle
Posted in Animal, Birds, Park, Photography, Places, Travel, Zoo, tagged Bird of Prey, Bird-watching, Birds, Eagle, Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, White Bellied Sea Eagle, Zoo on August 8, 2009 | Comments Off
The Beer-Bellied Bird of Prey
As the title implies this little flighty dinasaur is one little drunken sailor on the sea.
Birds of Borneo- Black-capped Kingfisher
Posted in Angler, Birds, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Birder, Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, Black-capped Kingfisher, Kingfisher on July 18, 2009 | Comments Off
All Hail The King!
The black-capped kingfisher is not exactly that common in Kota Kinabalu, contrary to what I have been told by some birdie experts. To date, I have only come upon them three times (thrice, for those of you who love that word).
Egret Fishing
Posted in Birds, Fishing, Happenings, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Egret, Egret Fishing, Fishing Trip, KK Esplanade, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Segama Waterfront on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hook, Line and Sinker!
On one blue sunny day, came an egret on a fish-hunting trip ………..
KK Esplanade (alternatively referred to as Segama Waterfront) is the seabirds’ rich hunting-ground and playground. On any given day you may catch a bird or two flying past on their way to the Never-never-land. And if you get lucky, you may [...]
Birds of Borneo- Egret
Posted in Birds, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Birder, Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatcher, Birdwatching, KK Esplanade, Kota Kinabalu, Likas Lagoon, Segama Waterfront on April 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Our Long Filamentous Feather Friends
The egret is one of the bird-species found in great numbers around the coasts of Sabah- North Borneo. Kota Kinabalu is home to the great egret family and they can be seen all year round, especially around the swampy areas or mangroves. From my expereince, the months of March & April see egrets gathering in greater [...]
Freedom of Entry to the City- KK (II)
Posted in Birds, Entertainments, Happenings, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Freedom of Entry to the City, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu on April 22, 2009 | Comments Off
The Combats
This is the second part of the event “Freedom of Entry to the City”
Likas Lagoon
Posted in Birds, Fishing, Landmark, Places, Travel, tagged Bird, Bird-watching, Birds, Egret, Lagoon, Likas Lagoon, Sparrow on April 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Car-Spotting By the Lagoon
Now that you have finished and done with the tour of Likas Bay Park, why not just pop across the road to Likas Lagoon to do a spot of bird-watching? Whoa… whoa… whoa….. keep it down. Sorry to keep your blood pressure up. I mean bird watching of the feathery kind.
Parrot in Flight
Posted in Birds, Photography, tagged Bird-watching, Birds, Parrot on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Who’s the Pretty Boy Then?
This parrot flew past me and caught me by surprise. Fo the like of me, I would never imagine in a million years I would see a parrot flying in an open sky and in the wild and all. The place I captured the flight of the parrot was going to be [...]
Egret in Flight
Posted in Birds, Photography, tagged Ardea alba, Egret, Great Egret, Kota Kinabalu, Photography on March 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Reaching for the Sky!
Commonly seen in Sabah, the Great Egrets (Ardea alba) are now assembling in great numbers around the coasts of Kota Kinabalu. Could it be that the breeding season is near?
A few weeks ago the back feathers of the egrets were to be seen in pure white colour. But in the last week or [...]
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