I stayed at Sepilok B & B, which was reasonably priced, clean, and more importantly, just a couple of minutes' walk from RDC.
At RDC I made a bee-line for the Bristlehead Tower and canopy walkway, with high hopes of getting great views of Bristleheads, which are regularly viewed from there.
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A male Van Hasselt's (ex Purple-throated) Sunbird had its territorial songpost in a tree next to the tower. Outside of Singapore this is a difficult species to see, as it is a canopy specialist, so it was great to get eye level views here.
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A large black bird making funny noises, but disappointingly, not a Bristlehead! A pair of Bornean Black Magpies foraged in the trees in the early morning.
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Giant Squirrels in Sabah are an interesting colour variation on the animals in the Peninsula, with an attractive ringed tail.
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The Prevost's Squirrels here look different as well, lacking the white flank stripe.
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Fiery Minivets and Red-eyed Bulbuls were other visitors during the morning's wait.
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The only crow species here is Slender-billed, which is rather scarce in the Peninsula. They're pretty shy, and these were my closest shots.
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At the entrance to RDC, flowering plants attracted a variety of sunbirds, including Olive-backed, and more surprisingly, a Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker.
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A pair of Black-and-Red Broadbills had built their characterstic hanging nest over water. They appeared to be still building, and would bring a green leaf with which to line the nest whenever they returned to it.
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Swiftlets aplenty! This is one of the darker species - Black-nest or Mossy-nest Swiftlet.
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And an unfamiliar dragonfly to finish with.
So, no Bristleheads today - perhaps tomorrow...
2 comments:
The beauty captured by you of the Van Hasselt's is really out of this world
Ha...ha.. Dave, I heard BB could be seen daily there. I guess it will show itself in your next episode.
Lovely account.
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