Our last morning along a leech-filled trail
produced a wonderful finale just as it did on our last tour here. It started
quietly with just a close Lesser Green
Leafbird beside the truck. But once in the trail we were treated to a fine
male Blue-headed Pitta and an
all-too-brief Siberian Blue Robin.
We stuck at it along here for an hour without getting much, when all of a
sudden and totally ‘out of the blue’ Bornean
Banded Pitta hopped down the slope in front of us and onto our life lists.
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| Bornean Banded Pitta - rubbish pic of a moulting female. Who cares! |
Oh I felt for the 3 guys who remained back at the lodge…! What a corker and a
species I’d all but given up hope of –
pitta no 24 for your truly. A pair of Long-billed
Spiderhunters at the same spot were also much appreciated as well. If that
wasn’t enough just around the corned a Blue-banded
Pitta hopped across the hillside in front of us but was too quick for most
people, so we returned to the site we’d heard one a few days ago. Sure enough
after quite a search we had it teed up in the scope and we were done – all of
Borneo’s endemic pitta species on the list! Leaving here we walked along the
main track only to find a pair of Helmeted
Hornbills to round off another cracking trip to Borneo.
All that remained was to pack, have lunch, drive
back to Lahad Datu and fly on to Kuala Lumpur where the tour concluded.
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