The internal flight to Palu was delayed slightly (as usual)
allowing us to find the endemic Javan
Munia around the airport complex and we arrived mid-afternoon where we met
our guide and good friend Royke Mananta. After loading the luggage onto our
three vehicles we set off on the long drive to Lore Lindu, stopping along the
way amidst an area of low scrub and rice paddies to take a look at a couple of
roosting Savannah
Nightjars.
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| Savannah Nightjar |
It was really nice to be out birding and we pretty
quickly notched up Little Bronze Cuckoo,
Lemon-bellied White-eye, Grey-sided Flowerpecker, White-shouldered Triller, Olive-backed Sunbird and both Sulawesi and Uniform Swiftlets.
Nearby, we had a look at several Pale-headed Munias, and also picked up Chestnut and Scaly-breasted Munias, White-breasted
Woodswallow, Purple Heron and
managed to flush a pair of Rufous-backed
Buttonquails. All too brief views of Large Sulawesi Hanging-parrot and
Slender-billed Cuckoo-dove were rather frustrating, but we’d have to save those for
later!
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| Pale-headed Munia |
Moving on we slowly wound our way up into the hills and drove the last
few hours in the dark, which enabled us to make our first attempt at Cinnabar Boobook. Despite luring one in
and hearing its distinctive call we just couldn’t manage to find it in the
spotlight so had to drag ourselves away and head to the Sendy Inn at Wuasa
Village where we’d be staying for the next four nights.
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