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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Larry Sweetland" data-source="post: 1207491" data-attributes="member: 27337">TiomanHey it's my birthday  !B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and boy am I hammered.We've been on Tioman island , SE Malaysian peninsular, for about a week. This is where they filmed the Bali Hai part of the musical South Pacific, but obviously I'm nowhere near old enough to remember that rude bwoy. One of the birding highlights of today has been sitting with our feet in a creek on the east side of the island, with convincingly different-looking Black-nest  and Germain's Swiftlets circling us at point blank range, with an adult Blyth's Hawk-Eagle circling overhead. The other highlight has been Nicky mentioning that she's had the Where to find birds in Australia book sent to a friends address in Brisbane. The bird species diversity is low here on Tioman, but we had an unexpected bonus in the shape of 3 birds that were presumably Swinhoe's Storm-Petrels about two thirds of the way out to here on May 21st. Apparently they're known to pass Singapore in May on their way to Japan/Russia from their wintering quaters in the Indian Ocean. Is this a normal date to see them here? Don't know why I had to come this far though to see them, aren't they fairly easy with a decent head torch on a casual night time stroll on a northeast english headland ?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  On the island, the endemic forms of Dark-necked Tailorbird and Greater Racket-tailed Drongo are common, and other birds include Streaked Wren-, Chestnut-winged, and Moustached Babblers, Green Imperial and Pink-necked Green Pigeons.Our boat's been delayed yet again, so we'll have a few days in Singapore. Any recent gen on Great-billed Heron. Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon, Red-crowned Barbet or Jambu Fruit Dove greatly appreciated.Sorry if this doesn't make sense but I can't check it right now bye X</blockquote>

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