James W T Hogg
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James W T Hogg
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I go birding (a lot) and take a few photos. Stay at home dad and conservation volunteer. Trailing spouse - IYKYK. Yorkshireman, currently based in Singapore 🇸🇬
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Seeing these did involve a 4am wake up and some incentivising of my children, but I think they were glad to have made the effort 😬. Thankfully it wasn’t still dawn at this point and the lighting had improved, though still challenging with lots of shadow.
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m in two minds about hide birding in Asia. The feeding is unnatural and no satisfaction that you found a bird yourself. But you get to see birds like this, which would be very hard to see otherwise…

I also hope that a few people earning income from spots like this mean the habitat is protected
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Bulwer’s Pheasant

These bejewelled and spangly birds of dark forests are real Bobby Dazzlers!!

KK Lee’s Hide. Trus Madi, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25

Vulnerable: habitat loss - hunting.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #pheasant #sabah #borneo
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Dayak Blue Flycatcher (aka Dayak Jungle Flycatcher)

Dayak comes from the coverall term for a group of c200 tribes native to Borneo.

Trus Madi, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25

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November 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The Roulroul (aka Crested Partridge)

Trus Madi, Sabah, Malaysia, Oct 25.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Little Cuckoo-dove (the pigeon type thing)

Yellow-breasted Warbler (the yellow one)

Both Asian montane species and fairly widespread.

Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25

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November 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Orange-headed Thrush - seen very early in the morning (practically at dawn, high ISO) at KK Lee’s hide.

Trusmadi, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25

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November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Bornean Black-capped Babbler

Another of SE Asia’s LBJ’s, quite an elegant one too…

High ISO for these, pics taken at dawn…

Sabah, Malaysia, Oct 25

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November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Obviously these were pretty hard to count. But I estimated at least 2000.

Quite why they chose this corner of a small town we’ll never know, but no doubt these couple of trees are quite important.

End…
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
From 18.00, small numbers of swallows flew round chirping. Numbers grew slowly, then large swirling flocks came in from a distance… Within about 30 mins two trees, washing lines, electric cables and ledges were covered in birds.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Barn Swallows

One of the best things we saw in Borneo was this Barn Swallows roost in middle of Tambunan.

Not the usual standard of photo, all from an iPhone at dusk…

Thread 🧵

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November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Temminck’s Babbler

One of the multitude of Asian babblers, this LBJ species found on Borneo and Java in dense undergrowth.

1&2. Gunung Alab
3&4. Trus Madi

Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

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November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Very similar poses for these two birds…

1&3. Chestnut-crested Yuhina

2&4. Bornean Whistler

Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

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November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Bornean Treepie

A distinctive and noisy bird of Borneo’s uplands and often not too shy around people. This one from Gunung Alab.

Treepies are cool corvids…

Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

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November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#birdoftheday

African Black Oystercatcher. Macaneta, Mozambique. Jun 23.

Martial Eagle carrying a young African Wild Cat.
Kgalagadi, South Africa, Aug 22.

Southern Ground-Hornbill eating a tortoise. Kruger NP. Sept 22.

#bird #birding #birdphotography
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Bornean Whistling-Thrush

Endemic to Borneo and it whistles. Best seen in montane areas.

1-3. Gunung Alab
4. Mt. Kinabalu - meh photo, but the rain drop on its head is fun.

Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25

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November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sunda Laughingthrush

A rather elegant bird…

Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

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November 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Pale-faced Bulbul

Endemic to Borneo’s highlands and another highlight of a visit to Gunung Alab.

Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #borneo #bulbuls
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
White-browed Shrike-babbler

Some taxonomy to sort out. With a split could be Blyth’s Shrike-Vireo / Shrike-babbler. M black. F grey.

KK Lee’s veranda, Gunung Alab, Sabah, Malaysia, Oct 25.

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November 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Indigo Flycatcher

Smart looking birds found in montane areas of Java, Sumatra and Borneo. This one (yet again) from KK Lee’s veranda on Gunung Alab.

Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25

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November 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
White-throated Fantail

Posing very obligingly…

Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

#birds #birding #fantail #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #borneo #sabah #malaysia
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush

Endemic to Borneo, common and seemly quite happy around people, which made for nice pics…

Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

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October 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Bornean Shortwing

The male is the all black one.

Shortwings are a SE Asian genus of old-world flycatchers (Muscicapidae).

Gunung Alan, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #shortwing #borneo #sabah #malaysia
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Aberrant (Sunda) Bush Warbler

Pretty common in scrubby spots on the two mountains we visited in Sabah, Borneo. More often heard than seen, but also not shy when hunting for food.

#birds #birding #warblers #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #borneo #sabah
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Brown Boobook - the owl

Greater Coucal - not the owl

A couple of good finds on #globalbigday

Singapore, Oct 2025.

#birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #singapore #owls
October 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM