Just a short note about a recent trip with my brother to Sulawesi and Halmahera in November.
We had an excellent guide , Nurlin Djuni, who runs Malia tours.
http://www.maliatours.com
It’s an eco friendly set up where they cross refer within the region to other team members in Bali/Sumatra/Java etc..
The highlights were the Standardwing, 15 species of Kingfisher , a good number of night birds and over 100 endemics. Nurlin brought us to a new Standardwing site, Weda Diving resort, where there were about 6-8 males and a couple of females. The birds are a 10-15 minute drive and 10-15 minute walk from the accommodation. The display area was about 40metres off the ground but on one occasion a fighting pair of males fell out of the trees and continued to fight it out about 5-8 metres away, unfortunately they were impossible to photograph on the forest floor without a flash. Here ‘s a photo by a keen photographer taken at this site about a year earlier.
http://www.wildborneo.com.my/blog/?p=156
Nurlin has over 18 years experience as a bird leader and can tailor trips to peoples needs. He has led for VENT, Rockjumper, Birdtour Asia etc..
Not sure how you manage to load up more than a couple of highly compressed photos!I'll try to load more once the system allows me.
Eric
Green Backed Kingfisher ISO 2500 f6.3 0.4s
Scaly Kingfisher ISO 1000 f 7.1 1/30th
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