Inevitably the birding was a little slower than yesterday,
but was nevertheless full of quality with a number of sought-after species
found. We began at a stake-out for Mountain
Peacock-pheasant which failed to show but we more than made up for that
with a Silver-breasted
Broadbill that came in very close. As we looked at this little
beauty a pair of Greater Yellownapes
flew in and gave us good comparisons with the Lesser Yellownape we’d seen earlier. Then we began walking along
the road to the Waterfall Trail, the road being closed to traffic due to a
landslide. This turned out to be a good move as we initially heard and then a
few of the group managed to see a Ferruginous
Partridge after a lengthy search. We also had Hill Blue Flycatcher, male Red-headed
Trogon, Ferruginous Flycatcher and
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, and Ian
managed to spot a Spectacled
Spiderhunter as well. After lunch we drove around to The Gap and slowly
walked uphill for a few kilometres. This resulted in decent views of a pair of Checker-throated Woodpeckers performing
in the roadside trees, as well as Orange-breasted
Trogon, Silver-rumped Needletail
a gang of 4 Dusky
Broadbills, Javan
Cuckooshrike, Ashy Bulbul and Arctic Warbler. A couple of calling Marbled Wren-babblers remained
invisible despite us putting quite some time in for them, and we also heard a Red-bearded Bee-eater as well before
returning to the hotel for dinner.
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| Dusky Broadbill |
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| Silver-breasted Broadbill |
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| Silver-eared Mesia |
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| Long-tailed Sibia |
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