Sunday, 11 September 2022

Sicklebills and Wild Bowerbird Chases!

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We headed in 3 different directions again today. Myself, Ray, Dave & William headed to a site for  Black Sicklebill , Peter & Colin ...
Saturday, 10 September 2022

HEADING UP TO THE ARFAK MOUNTAINS

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We flew from Jayapura to Manokwari on the west shore of Geelvink Bay and located on the romantically named Birds head Peninsula. We were met...

Arfak Mountain Magic!

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We split up into groups of three this morning in order to visit the various BoP hides, some of us visiting a hide for Western Parotia, whils...
Friday, 9 September 2022

NIMBOKRANG TO JAYAPURA

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Headed up to the canopy tower early doors, after a quick look at the nearby  Twelve-wired BoP  display site behind the lodge. A  Frilled Mon...
Thursday, 8 September 2022

A Wild Crowned Pigeon Chase, Emperors and Hookies!

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We set out at 4am for what I can only describe as a ‘wild goose chase’ or rather more relevantly a ‘wild crowned pigeon chase’ to a site jus...
Wednesday, 7 September 2022

A Two BoP Day

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The day started with me finding a  Papuan Frogmouth , whilst my group were having an early morning cup of coffee at 4.30am and which obligin...
Tuesday, 6 September 2022

West Papua - Our First BoP Action!

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We were off on a very short drive to the  Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise  site this morning and following a 100m walk inside the forest were ...

West Papua - Nimbokrang

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Our flight left just after midnight and landed at 07:20 into Jayapura, in the ornithological wonderland of West Papua. After meeting up with...

Jakarta Bay Boat Trip

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We had a boat trip out into Jakarta Bay this morning aimed at seeing Christmas Island Frigatebird but it turned out to be so much more than ...