After beautiful Brunei, we had a short visit back to the Malaysian part of Borneo. And yes, sometimes we are tourists. In Kuching, Sarawak (Western Borneo), we went off early to the Orang-Utan Rehabilitation Centre at Seminggoh to see some orangutans feed, but they were not hungry and did not come out for us. This is a centre dedicated to rescuing injured orangutans and then preparing them to re-enter the wild. Fortunately, the staff do not force them out. Apparently at this time of year, there is plenty of food in the forest, and if the orangutans are eating on their own, they are getting better. Yeah!
So when we reached Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah (Eastern Borneo) for the second time on our trip back to Singapore, we set off for a short visit to a Bird Sanctuary and were rewarded by visions of many animals and a few birds!
Here are the greeters at the entrance! Monkey is in the front, and Blacky is in the back. They look suspiciously like our Macha and Chakra. Hi, guys back in Twin Peaks!! We miss ya muchly.
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And here are two more unnamed kitties. It is so funny that a herd of cats would welcome us to a bird sanctuary, but the staff feed them so, no worries about the birds.
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Now *here* is what we came for - a great egret!
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and this gives a good sense of the preserve generally, with an egret
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and a fiddler crab - wildlife in a smaller size, food for the egrets
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the lovely lily pond
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and then hugs from Shirl for the kitties
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and from Rowan too...
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