Birds on campus 5.07.10
Monday, July 5, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Saturday afternoon at Miri's very own wetlands
The reeds are growing quite well, so well that the open space previously are all overgrown with them making viewing not as easy because all the are making use of the great cover.
Wandering whistling duck doing a fly-by, the only site we know where the species is breeding in northern Sarawak.
The ducks flies in groups from the south west lake, settles in the Curtin Lake and later seen heading towards the Curtin Lakeside with the Curtin University gates, there's still hope yet for these ducks albeit not within the confines of their original habitat.
A duck spooked out of it's cover. Other birds commonly sighted in this area : White-browed Crake, Cinnamon Bittern, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Intermediate Egret, Common Moorhen. Only time and full time monitoring will tell whether this habitat also harbours Common Coot (high on the wishlist) and jacanas (long shot). Raptors such as Osprey, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle have all been sighted here before, similarly for Grey Heron and Purple Heron.
A large footprint of a waterbird in comparison with a 10 cent coins, within the same habitat we have previously sited a female watercock. This same day a Black-backed Swamphen sigthing was made as it flew over the tall reeds after being spooked by a motorcylist. One other sighting of the same bird was madeback in 1996 near Beluru. With large segments of peatswamp forest and wetlands habitat converted to agriculture (main oil palm in the northern region), sightings of this beautiful bird has been most infrequent.
A beautiful healthy looking cat-tails, a type of reeds common at the edges of the lake.
One lone Oriental Darter seen drying itself on top of a dead tree trunk in the Southwest Lake nearby.
Apparently there were others nearby, the highest number we've seen so far in the same area was 11 darters back in April 2010.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
An event which took place in April at Curtin which I completely forgot about!
Curtin University Earth Day celebration by the Curtin Geology Club Apr 22nd 2010.
Curtin University Dean officiating the event with a short speech and a small tree planting ceremony with the school's VIP and representatives of the CGC.
Our friends from SFC, Karen always looking super!
First time birders checking out birds on campus at Curtin U.
Asian Glossy Starling, all over especially towards the evening, roosting on campus.
Pied Thriller, rather abundant on campus, a few nesting trees.
Oriental White-eye, flying around in groups of 10-15, also common on campus, you normally hear them first.
Ron Oreinstein presenting "South American Birds" during the evening lecture session.
It was a long day for us, even longer for some of the students who were around this the event started st 10am.
Curtin University Dean officiating the event with a short speech and a small tree planting ceremony with the school's VIP and representatives of the CGC.
Our friends from SFC, Karen always looking super!
First time birders checking out birds on campus at Curtin U.
Asian Glossy Starling, all over especially towards the evening, roosting on campus.
Pied Thriller, rather abundant on campus, a few nesting trees.
Oriental White-eye, flying around in groups of 10-15, also common on campus, you normally hear them first.
Ron Oreinstein presenting "South American Birds" during the evening lecture session.
It was a long day for us, even longer for some of the students who were around this the event started st 10am.
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