The best birds were probably the owls - 5 species, while 2 Leopard Cats were the pick of the mammals. I got 3 new dragonfly lifers too, but photos of only one of them.
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This is Nannophya pygmaea, one of the smallest dragonflies in the world.
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Check out the very cool shades!
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This is a male Panorpoides acisoma, one of the most attractive of Malaysian dragonflies.
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Plus two stowaways!
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Another really smart species is Libellago lineata. This is a female. Males are even brighter!
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Dragonfly hunting in mandatory safety clothing!
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The last we saw of Ian (Part 1).
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After we had trashed a Jimny gearbox... or, the last we saw of Ian (Part 2).
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Su Li's reward for stream-dipping was this spectacular buffalo leech. After this one was removed she went straight back for more!
Some of our night survey finds:
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A Common Bronzeback.
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A Lesser Golden Fluffball roosting in the oil palm -
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aka Common Iora.
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And a Greater Golden Fluffball - or juv Black-naped Oriole.
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