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| Bird of the Day - Coppersmith Barbet. |
It has been a long time, 1998, since I visited the island of Bali – a disgraceful admission for any Australian. And it has changed. More people, more traffic, more tourists and more roads.
The style of driving has remained the same. There seems one rule – miss other things with your car by a small distance.
Soon we had checked into the Grand Palace Hotel in Sanur and fought off some ‘tired demons’ to use the remaining hour or so of light to try to see some of Bali’s birdlife.
Egrets – great and little and Cattle – had been seen from the vehicle as well as Spotted Dove and Cave or Linchii Swiftlet.
We stopped at an area known as the Hyatt Regency car park where there was a little remnant scrub.
And birds.
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| Red chested Parrakeet |
Forgive my listing….
Collared Kingfisher, Brown throated Sunbird, Coppersmith Barbet – the latter a cute red faced endemic Javan and Balinese endemic and the [eventual] choice for Bird of the Day.
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| Tanimbar Corella |
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| Grey cheeked Green Pigeon |
Tree Sparrows, Yellow-vented Bulbuls, Zebra Doves, Common Ioras [not seen well], Blue tailed Bee-eaters [ not seen well], Pied Fantail [not seen well] and a good number of Red chested Parrakeets. A lone Tanimbar Corella – an introduced species was seen well.
Plantain Squirrel and, because it is Bali, dogs were seen and heard.
Some Blossum Bats started circling signalled the declining light and soon we were having our first dinner back at the Palace.
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| Chequered Swallowtail? |
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