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Ujung Kulon National Park, West Java, Indonesia The Nature Watch magazine published a 5-page article in September 1994 on Ujung Kulon. It was during the Covid-19's Circuit Breaker, while cleaning up, I happened to stumble upon my old field notes on our trip to Ujung Kulon National Park in 1993. It triggered me to share... Continue Reading →
Birds of Paradise: Discovering Arfak Parotia in West Papua Female feeding. Female. Pegunungan Arfak, West Papua, Indonesia I first encountered the Arfak Parotia or Western Parotia in the highland of Arfak mountain in West Papua. There are two types of hides in Arfak for the Western Parotia , mating hide and feeding hide. The mating hide is where they mate, and... Continue Reading →
Biridng West Papua | Birds of Paradise Trip in 2023 The most labor-intensive bird of paradise that I have ever photographed is the Wallace's Standardwing bird of paradise on the island of Halmahera. It involved setting up a base camp in the forest and waking up at 4 a.m. to trek across the forest and... Continue Reading →
Endemic Kingfishers of Sulawesi | Birding Tangkoko, North Sulawesi, Indonesia There are 34 kingfishers in Indonesia. The island of Sulawesi has 12 of them, of which six are endemic to Sulawesi. The six endemic kingfishers of Sulawesi are: North Sulawesi, Indonesia Lilac Kingfisher Green-backed Kingfisher Great-billed Kingfisher Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher Scaly Kingfisher Black-headed Kingfisher Endemic... Continue Reading →
Birding Halmahera | Bird of Paradise Birding Halmahera | Bird of Paradise I was in the Aketajawe Lolobata National Park. It was 4 am, pitched dark, and drizzling. I was getting ready for an hour of trekking in the forest, crossing knee-deep streams in tanning brown water, and climbing up unmarked slopes in complete darkness... Continue Reading →
Birding Tangkoko. North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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