A Summary

 

BIRD OF THE TRIP - BALI STARLING

To summarise a birding and nature trip it is customary to talk about birds seen. And so I present in a couple of different ways the birds of the trip.

Flores Minivet - bird of the day on the 12/9

In the first instance birds seen and heard are recorded [more or less] daily. As part of this process participants select their personal ‘Bird of the Day’ and, in a dodgy ‘first past the post’ vote the Bird of the Day is determined.

Oriental Pied Hornbill - #6 and BOD on the 09/09

The Birds of the Day [and my selections] follow.

EAST JAVA AND BALI – SELECTED BIRD SPECIES - EBIRD TAXONOMY

PART A	Comments	Bird of the Day - Personal	Bird of the Day - Group
Day 1 [31 August] Depart Brisbane and arrive Bali	Birding 5-6pm Hyatt Regency car park	Coppersmith Barbet [endemic Java-Bali sub spp]	Coppersmith Barbet [endemic Java-Bali sub spp]
Day 2 [1 September] Southern Bali Birding	Am – Ulu Watu region Pm – Nusa Dua Sewage Ponds	Small Blue Kingfisher	Small Blue Kingfisher
Day  3 [2 September] Central Bali Birding [Batukaru and Jatiluwih Rice Terraces]	Am – Bus Terminal Temple Pm – Bali Botanical Gardens	Javan Kingfisher	Javan Kingfisher
Day  4 [3 September] Central Bali Birding ARU [Bedugul Botanic Gardens]	Am - Bali Botanical Gardens Pm - Lakeside	Ruddy breasted Crake	Ruddy breasted Crake
Day  5  [4 September] Bedugul to Bali Barat National Park	Am – Plantation hude Pm – Bali Barat Coastal habitats	Javan Banded Pitta	Javan Banded Pitta
Day  6  [5 September] Bali Barat National Park		Bali Starling	Bali Starling
Day 7   [6 September] Bali Barat National Park to Java – Ijien Nature Reserve	Pm – Ijen Nature Reserve	Sunda Warbler	Sunda Warbler
Day 8  [7 September]   Ijien Nature Reserve	Am – hides Pm – washed out!	Javan Bulbul	Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Day 9  [8 September]  Ijien Nature Reserve to Alas Purwo National Park	Awas Purlo NP day trip	Black-banded Barbet	Javan Black-capped Babbler
Day 10  [9 September]  Alas Purwo National Park	Baluran National Park Day trip	Oriental Pied Hornbill	Oriental Pied Hornbill
Day 11 [10 September] Alas Purwo National Park to Denpasar	Return trip to Bali airport – not really any birding

White-rumped Kingfisher - equal #9 and BOD on the 11/09

 Flores and Komodo: Selected Birds [Ebird Taxonomy]

Date and Description	Comment	Bird of the Day - Personal	Bird of the Day- Group
11/9 Denpasar Fly to Labuan Bajo, Flores.		Wallace’s Helleia	White rumped Kingfisher
12/9 Labuan Bajo, Flores to Ruteng		Flores Monarch	Flores Minivet
13/9 Ruteng birding – Golo Lusang and Rana Mesel		Wallace’s Hanging Parrot	Wallace’s Hanging Parrot
14/9 Ruteng via Pagal to Labuan Bajo, Flores		Bare-throated Whistler	Bare-throated Whistler
15/9 Labuan Bajo, Flores – Komodo Island Day Trip		Yellow-crested Cockatoo	Great-billed Parrot
16/9 Labuan Bajo, Flores – Return flight to Bali.

 

Javan Banded Pitta - #3 and BOD on 04/09

At the completion of the trip each participant was asked to list their top three birds using whatever criteria they saw fit. From these suggestions the bird of the trip was determined.

Javan Kingfisher - #5 and BOD on the 02/09

And the results?

1.        Bali Starling [Myna] – seen on Bali
2.        Bare-throated Whistler – seen on Flores
3.        Javan Banded Pitta – seen on Bali
4.        Wallace’s Hanging Parrot – seen on Flores
5.        Javan Kingfisher – seen on Bali & Java
6.        Oriental Pied Hornbill – seen on Java
7.        Ruddy breasted Crake – seen on Bali
8.        Flame-breasted Sunbird – seen on Flores 

Ruddy-breasted Crake - bird #7 and bird of the day on 03/09

The remaining spp were all equal nine with one vote / nomination each
Flores Minivet [Flores], Black-thighed Falconet [Java], White-faced Partridge [Java – but only seen by two in our group], Flame fronted Barbet [Java and Bali], Great billed Parrot [Flores] and White-rumped Kingfisher [Flores]. 

Black-thighed Falconet - equal #9 and not BOD ever...