Nice Birdies

It's AWC season again ... Asian Waterbird Census. Always a good excuse to get up early Friday morning and check out birds on the waterfront. Great excuse to get up early any weekend mornings and do the same. Not that I needed any excuses to go birdwatching and be by the beach.

This season has been great! There were several Chinese Egrets in Lutong, Kuala Baram and Miri Marina. Pacific Reef Egret (white and grey) at Kuala Baram and Miri Marina. Marsh Sandpiper at the old Miri River reclaimed sited. Sanderlings at Kuala Baram. Blue-breasted Quail in Kuala Baram vegetable farms.

And the others too ... for detailed lists go to AWC 2009 from http://mnsmiri.blogspot.com



A Chinese Egret staring at his breakfast.


A Chinese Egret chasing asfter his breakfast.


A male Malaysian Plover, beautiful.


A female Malaysian Plover, less gaudy in a sophisticated way compared to the male but still beautiful.