Birdwatching on the beach in Kota Kinabalu - full of people celebrating - seemed quite strange at first. None of us thought we would see that much. But we were wrong. Our guide Azmil knew what he was doing. In the trees of a grassy area we found this blue-necked parrot. In the picture you can see the strong, coral-red beak. The plumage is mainly green, with eye-catching blue and yellow edges on the wing feathers. The blue spot on the nape, which gives the species its name, is often difficult to distinguish - so also in this picture.