Visit to Southern Moluccas, Indonesia
By Birding-Aus, on March 25th, 2014
Seram was the last island to be visited during a three-week tour of the southern Molucca and Tanimbar islands of eastern Indonesia by our group of Australian and American birders. Our trip to this part of Indonesia has been one of the most successful undertaken by any group. The finding of Blue-eared Lory on Seram was icing on the cake; I am unaware of any group encountering this species on previous visits. To see the lory in addition to Black-lored Parrot – along with a host of tricky species such as Purple-naped Lory, Buru Honeyeater, Lesser Masked Owl , Lazuli Kingfisher, Buru Green-Pigeon, Buru Thrush, Fawn-breasted Thrush, Tricoloured Parrotfinch, Grey-backed Tern and Rufescent and Grey-hooded Dark-eyes – was an extraordinary experience. Many thanks to our Indonesian operator, Ceisar Riupassa (email – likestours@yahooco.id) for his excellent work in organising this trip, and his amiable and highly capable assistant, Vinno.See here for pictures and more information: HTTP://TINYURL.COM/M4HAKPQGreg Roberts _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Thanks Greg That one works – looks like an interesting trip to some interesting islands. I did not see any precise dates given or any sightings of migrating FTS or WTNT. These would be worth looking out for if the trip was recent enough. Cheers & Happy birding Mike Tarburton There seems to have been a problem with a link to pictures and further information about this trip in my earlier post.The link is here: http://TINYURL.COM/PXZ2Q4H Greg Roberts ————————- Email sent using Optus Webmail _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org