I like bird watching. Somehow, its become part of my family. My mother, my aunt and uncle, and some of my cousins can often be found in the woods, wetland or coast with binoculars. But, I’m not very good at it. But being in nature and enjoying the search and seeing something interesting or beautiful is a little thrill.
Most of my birding over the past 10 years has been throughout Sabah, Malaysian Borneo with Mount Kinabalu as my favorite destination. at 4095 meters, Mt. Kinabalu is the highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea and home to many of Borneo’s highland endemic birds.
My biggest success is having spotted Kinabalu’s Whitehead 3 – Whitehead’s Broadbill, Whitehead’s Trogon, and Whitehead’s Spiderhunter – and I’m happy to have accomplished it with my best birding partner, Angela Lim. It took us several years and a few rather harrowing encounters with the Liwagu Trail, but we did it.
- Whitehead’s Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi)
- Whitehead’s Trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi)
- Whitehead’s Spiderhunter (Arachnothera jullae)
Some of my other favorite birding spots include the Rainforest Discovery Centre in Sandakan, Fraser’s Hill in Peninsular Malaysia, and the Kinabatangan River.
Weightless in the World 