I found this a
rather frustrating day as the mountain was cloaked in low cloud and we had
drizzle most of the day. We started off well with our first Sunda Laughingthrush amongst a group of
Rufous-hooded Laughingthrushes and followed this up with a close encounter with a Red-breasted Partridge standing on the trail in front of us,
followed by a couple views of a Crimson-headed
Partridge that we called in beside the road. What a pair of cracking
endemics! As we scanned the forested slopes of Mount Kinabalu during a clear
period, Ron picked up a Golden-naped Barbet calling from nearby and that
was our last new endemic for several hours as the weather deteriorated.
We
spent the remainder of the morning walking the trails and notching up plenty of
previously seen species, plus White-throated
Fantail, Asian Brown, Little Pied and Ferruginous Flycatchers, more Bornean
Treepies, Yellow-bellied Warbler,
Mountain Leaf-warbler, Mountain Tailorbird, and a Sunda Bush-warbler.
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| Bornean Stubtail |
Driving down the
mountain a random stop resulted in a Bornean Stubtail responding rather aggressively to
the ipod and perching out in the open for quite a while. We ended the morning
session with a pair of stunning Black-sided Flowerpeckers feeding low down in some
flowering bushes after quite a search.
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| Black-sided Flowerpecker |
Following lunch we walked the trails
again but the weather began to deteriorate but still managed to have a close
look at a Mountain
Black-eye that flew in and landed right next to us, plus an
inquisitive Sunda Laughingthrush.
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| Mountain Black-eye |
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| Sunda Laughingthrush |
Our mammal list finally got off
the ground with Mountain Treeshrew, Low’s and Jentink’s Squirrels and some biscuit-eating Bornean Black-banded Squirrels that certainly provided some
entertainment for us whilst sheltering from the rain.
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