Jungle Dave holding the nest of a Bornean Pigmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis at Meriuk Farm Stay Brunei. This nest was abandoned and the two youngsters removed to a nearby location by their parents after a pair of Pied Hornbills started to investigate the building probably looking for geckos to eat.
Note that nest is almost exactly the same size and shape as the nest of a sunbird or flowerpecker but quite loosely built so that a tiny squirrel could wriggle through the wall if necessary to escape.
The nest was not very well concealed on top of an electricity meter at Meriuk Farm Stay, Tutong, Brunei.The pigmy squirrels at Meriuk spend most of the day feeding on flakes of bark on this Lansium domesticum (Local name Langsat). Langsat is a common orchard tree throughout Borneo. According to Caroline Pannell an expert on the Meliacea plant family the bark of Langsat is poisonous and has been used for arrow poison.The bark of Langsat is very flaky and detaches easily without damaging the tree.
