Ficus subcordata: Feeding Frenzy Diary on 23 July 2021 between 7.25 am-12.00 pm
Photos and information provided by Shavez Cheema and Chun Xing WONG of 1Stop Borneo Wildlife.
Woke up at 6. 30am and all the Ficus subcordata seeds which we sieved the night before were infested with ants. F. subcordata seeds are always the first seeds to attract ants.
7.27 am. When we arrived, 4 Black hornbills already present coming and going.
Red Langurs were also present on arrival and stayed until we left at 12.00.
The Red Langurs eat very slowly’ only tiny bits at a time whilst the gibbons stuff themselves and go.
7.38 am. A pair of Helmeted Hornbills have arrived.
7.40 am. The Helmeted Hornbill pair leave.
7.46 am. A female Helmeted Hornbill arrives.
7.49 am. The female Helmeted hornbill leaves.
7.48 am. A Wreathed hornbill arrives.
7.57 am. The Binturong starts moving around.
8.01 am. A pair of Rhinoceros Hornbills arrive
8.04 am. A gibbon family of 5 arrive. They stay for about 30 minutes.
8.35 am. Rhinoceros hornbill arrives.
8.42 am. Prevost’s squirrel actively foraging.
9.08 am. Gibbon family return.
9.28 am. Male Rhinoceros Hornbill returns and leaves again.
9 42 am. Gibbon family leave.
- 50 am. Arrival of a male Rhinoceros hornbill and a male Wreathed hornbill
9.52 am. A different gibbon family to the earlier group arrive.
10.13 am. Black Hornbill arrives.
10.16 am. A small ground mammal possibly a mongoose arrives at the base of the fig tree. Need to check the camera traps.
10.27am. Prevost’s squirrel active again.
11.35 am. Rhinoceros hornbill arrives.
11.50 am. Wreathed arrives
Photos and information provided by Shavez Cheema and Chun Xing WONG of 1Stop Borneo Wildlife.
