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Ambon - First Stop on Southern Moluccas Trip
Our three-week trip to the southern Moluccas and far eastern Lesser Sundas kicked off today with a morning in the field on the Indonesian island of Ambon. Our group proved popular with the locals as we...
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Rare Black-lored Parrot Seen on Buru Island, Indonesia
Black-lored ParrotThe Black-lored Parrot, endemic to Buru Island in the southern Moluccas of Indonesia, can fairly be described as one of the most difficult birds to see in the wild. So our group was...
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Birding Indonesia's Buru Island
Buru Golden-BulbulOur group of seven Australians and Americans has concluded a great week of birding on Buru Island in the southern Moluccas of Indonesia. We saw 18 of a possible 20 (or 21, depending...
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Birding Indonesia's Yandema Island in the Tanimbars, Lesser Sundas
Arafura Fantail After our highly successful visit to Buru Island in Indonesia's southern Moluccas, we flew to the Tanimbars in the far east of the country, where for three days we were based in the...
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Birding the Kai Islands of Indonesia
Great Kai White-eye The next chapter in our just concluded trip to the southern Moluccas and the Tanimbar islands of Indonesia. After visiting Yandema Island in the Tanimbars and Buru Island, we flew...
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Blue-eared Lory and Other Birds on Indonesia's Seram Island
Ashy FlowerpeckerSeram was the last island to be visited during our three-week tour of the southern Molucca and Tanimbar islands of eastern Indonesia. As elsewhere, we did extremely well here. Overall,...
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Southern Moluccas of Indonesia - Scenery and People
View from Palau Sawai, SeramFollowing a series of birdy posts from our trip to the southern Moluccas and Tanimbar islands of Indonesia, some general shots of scenery, habitat and people.Boarding the...
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In Search of the Enigmatic Moluccan Scrubfowl
Moluccan Scrubfowl - Picture by Merilyn BrowneOne of the memorable experiences from our recent trip to Indonesia was connecting with the enigmatic Moluccan Scrubfowl on the island of Haruku, off the...
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TRIP REPORT – SOUTHERN MOLUCCAN AND TANIMBAR ISLANDS, INDONESIA
Black-lored Parrot1-22 MARCH, 2014PARTICIPANTS: Greg Roberts (leader- email friarbird.roberts@gmail.com), Merilyn Browne, Tim Burr, Barbara De Witt, Peter Ginsburg, Marie Tarrant, Bill...
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Cordalba: Spotted Quail-thrush, Black-chinned & Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters
Spotted Quail-Thrush - maleA nice pair of Spotted Quail-thrush was the highlight of a visit to Cordalba, near Childers in south-east Queensland. I camped in the forest overnight and found the...
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Back in the Kayak on Maroochy River
Azure KingfisherI took to the kayak yesterday for a 12-kilometre paddle, launching at the end of West Coolum Road in Coolum Creek, and finishing at the Bli Bli boat ramp. Nice to see three kingfishers...
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Murder Mystery in Sunshine Coast Hinterland
Celena BridgeThe beautiful forests of the Conondale Range in the Sunshine Coast hinterland are the unlikely setting for one of Australia's more gruesome and baffling series of crimes. Those crimes are...
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Ninderry Barn Owls, Interesting Cuckoos, Departing Waders
Barn OwlBarn Owl is common in many parts of Australia but not on the coastal plains of southern Queensland. I have seen many more of its more sought after cogeners - Sooty, Masked and Eastern Grass...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic Trip May 2014
Brown Booby & Crested TernHighlights of our May 31 pelagic trip off the Sunshine Coast included an unusually large number of Black-bellied Storm-Petrels, White-faced Storm-Petrel, a late...
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Around Oz - Ninderry to Longreach
Plum-headed FinchOur road trip around Australia has started off on a good footing. Our first day took us to the southern Queensland town of Roma, where we caught up with relatives.With Dot & Ferg...
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Around Oz Part 2 - Winton to Mt Isa
Spinifex PigeonFollowing our stay in the Blackall area (see next post) we moved on to Winton for a two-night stay in Bladensburg National Park. We camped at the pleasant Bough Shed Waterhole. A birding...
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Around Oz Part 3 - Barkly Tableland to Mataranka
Black-chinned (Golden-backed) HoneyeaterAfter travelling the best part of 3000km and leaving Mt Isa (see following post) we crossed the Northern Territory border to traverse the treeless Barkly...
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Around Oz Part 4 - Rufous Owl
Rufous OwlAs we prepared to depart our Mataranka Cabins and Campingsite camping ground this morning after a three-night stay, we were again alerted very early in the morning to the calls of a Rufous...
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Around Oz Part 5 - Nitmiluk National Park:Katherine Gorge, Edith Falls
Katherine GorgeAfter our exciting encounter with Rufous Owls at Mataranka (see following post) we moved on to Katherine and Nitmiluk National Park. We opted to spend one night in the main camping...
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Around Oz Part 6 - Gouldian Finch & Hooded Parrot
Gouldian FinchWhile visiting Edith Falls in Nitmiluk National Park (see next post) I checked out a site detailed in the new guide book by Tim Dolby and Rohan Clarke as being good for Gouldian Finch and...
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