Datuk Masidi Manjun in the inaugural Borneo Bird Festival 2009

VIPs at the Borneo Bird Festival witnessing the official designation of the Sepilok-Kabili Forest Reserve as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International and Malaysia Nature Society. The global IBA programme aims to identify and conserve a network of critical sites for the world's birds.

Para tetamu kehormat di Pesta Burung Borneo menyaksikan penaiktarafan Hutan Simpan Kabili-Sepilok Sebagai Kawasan Penting Burung (IBA) oleh BirdLife Antarabangsa dan Persatuan Pencinta Alam Malaysia. Program IBA sedunia ini ditujukan untuk mengenalpasti dan memulihara kawasan-kawasan kritikal untuk burung-burung sedunia.

Birds of a feather: Datuk Masidi Manjun together with the Sabah Deputy Chief Minister, who is also the Minister of Youth and Sports, Datuk Peter Pang, and President of the Sandakan Municipal Council, James Wong, at the Borneo Bird Festival in Sandakan.

Burung dua sejoli: Datuk Masidi Manjun bersama Timbalan Ketua Menteri Sabah yang juga Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Peter Pang, serta Presiden Majlis Perbandaran Sandakan, James Wong, semasa Pesta Burung Borneo di Sandakan.

Birdwatching photographers from Nikon Malaysia introducing a Digiscoping system to Datuk Masidi Manjun during the inaugural Borneo Bird Festival which is held at the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), Sepilok, Sandakan on 10 Oct 2009. Lectures, exhibitions and talks are held on photography, bird watching techniques, conservation efforts and identification of birdwatching sites. A race to find the most bird species is also held.

Jurugambar dari Nikon Malaysia memperkenalkan sistem Digiscoping kepada Datuk Masidi Manjun semasa Pesta Burung Borneo yang pertama yang berlangsung di Pusat Penemuan Hutan Hujan (RDC), Sepilok, Sandakan,pada 10 Oktober. Antara aktiviti menarik adalah seperti kursus, pameran dan ceramah mengenai fotografi, teknik memerhati burung, kaedah pemuliharaan dan identifikasi kawasan memerhati burung. Perlumbaan mengenalpasti spesies burung terbanyak juga diadakan.

Author 'A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo', Susan Myers together with Datuk Masidi Manjun after the launch of her book at the Borneo Bird Festival. Myer's book was one of the two books launched at the Festival held in Sandakan.

Penulis buku, 'A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo', Susan Myers, bersama Datuk Masidi Manjun selepas pelancaran buku beliau di Pesta Burung Borneo. Buku karya Myers adalah satu daripada dua buku yang dilancarkan pada Pesta Burung Borneo, Sandakan.

Datuk Masidi Manjun observing the photograph of a flying squirrel exhibited during the inaugural Borneo Bird Festival, which is held at the Rainforest Discovery Centre, Sepilok, Sandakan from 10 to 15 Oct 2009. The festival is jointly organised by the Sabah Tourism Board, Sabah Forestry Department and Malaysian Nature Society.

Datuk Masidi Manjun memerhatikan gambar tupai terbang yang dipamerkan semasa Pesta Burung Borneo pertama yang diadakan di Pusat Penemuan Hutan Hujan (RDC), Sepilok, Sandakan, dari 10 hingga 15 Oktober 2009. Pesta ini adalah anjuran bersama Lembaga Pelancongan Sabah, Jabatan Perhutanan Sabah serta Persatuan Pencinta Alam Malaysia.