A big roar from Mother Nature at RDC, Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah!

The annual Borneo Bird Festival is far behind, but we can still record  the excitement of birdwatchers and bird photographers from various Asian countries , as well as from increasing  local community, who joined this great event this year, some touring around and having fun with it! We had important supportive guests,  nature-lovers from all-over the world, food-stalls, souvenir-shops, we had coloring competitions for children, fun-games for all, photo-competitions, main-stream camera- and lens manufacturers showing their latest gear, some seriously interesting lectures of bird-behaviour of those mysterious Pittas and lovely Hornbills among others, and of''course, we had the bird-race!  And everybody is looking forward to next year's event...specially those, who still did not get a photo of that special Borneo- endemic Bornean Bristlehead!

...anyway, back to the rainforest, and what did I discover this time?

An Oriental Pied Hornbill in that tall beautiful tree at the canopy level at RDC...

One cute Black-and-Yellow Broadbill hunting for a meal down the road...

One tiny, tired-looking Brown-throated Sunbird feeding the "giant" Violet Cuckoo baby. Feeling sorry for the host, but the baby is crying and it is very hungry, indeed!

 

 

Another baby crying...A purple-naped Sunbird is feeding it's baby in a secret corner at the mid- canopy level.

 

 

 

A new Babbler residence!  How I love these little active Chestnut-winged Babblers, always busy with something...

 

 

It's a Babbler time...finally got it!

 

It is hard to photograph this fast-moving Black-capped Babbler, when it "roams" on the ground, turning leaves in a search for hiding meal.

 

 

 

Down the Kingfisher trail, a White-crowned Shama is making veird and mysterious moves...

 

 

 

And, nearby, the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo is taking refreshing bath in a cooling stream...

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Paula Camilleri