Indonesia Trip 2017 Day 18
Indonesia Trip Day 18 – Tuesday 8th August 2017
Halmahera with Mike Nelson from Bird Tour Asia.
The second part of our 6-week Indonesian trip was birding the island of Halmahera. Today we were in South East Halmahera in the mountains near the city of Weda.
We had crossed Weber’s Line and so were into the Australasia avifauna region.
On the morning of Tuesday 8th August 2017, we went out at 4.00 am. We drove up to Bucket Limba in the mountains for some higher elevation species. Unfortunately, there was heavy rain and we were only able to do 15 minutes of birding. That was really frustrating and I might have been on for sitting it out up there.
In the end, we gave up and headed back to the lodge for lunch. It was still raining after lunch but we managed to get out birding between 3 pm and 6.30 pm. The day was a complete washout, which was frustrating.
In the evening, we met another tour group of European birders who had come to the lodge. The group was led by Untu, who guided my Dad in West Papua a few years ago. They were really pleased to be able to catch up. Untu and quite a few of the local guides were from Tankoko in northern Sulawesi.
The best birds of the day were Moustached Treeswift, Blue-and-white Kingfisher, Chattering Lori, Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon, Pygmy Hanging Parrot, Purple Needletail and Great-eared Nightjar.
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Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ - Margaret Atwood
This is my story; a journey defined by my love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.