A series of fish ponds, rice
fields and mangroves provide ideal habitat for a few goodies and an early start
saw us ticking off White-capped Munia
on the drive in. Excellent views were obtained of these beautiful little birds,
and at our first stop we also had Small
Blue Kingfisher, Blue-tailed
Bee-eater, Slaty-breasted Rail, Yellow Bittern and some other common
birds. Amongst the ponds we quickly picked up a Javan Plover and had a further 3 more later in the morning. But
with the temperature already rising we walked quite a way to some mangroves
bordering a canal and were quite fortunate to get really good views of the
endemic Javan White-eye, a few of
which were feeding close by.
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| Golden-bellied Gerygone |
Also present in the same area were Whiskered Tern, Little Black Cormorant, Oriental
Darter, Golden-bellied
Gerygone, Pied Fantail, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Striated Heron, Sunda Teal
and Island Collared Dove. Leaving
here we drove to a great hotel on the outskirts of Jakarta and enjoyed the a/c
and cold beers very much!!!
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