10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2012
I suffered, I lost birding time, and I made the most stupid mistakes imaginable. I was seeing all sorts of small to very small songbirds with yellow bellies and a greenish back in the dense foliage of Indonesia’s trees. “In failure lies opportunity”, and luckily I noticed this while still being in Indonesia.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
Still I struggled and I suffered in the heat and humidity of a survey’s day on Java this past April, and I thought of the times in my 20′s when I hiked the Namibian deserts as if it was the easiest thing to do. Birds Indonesia nightjars' Legs: The Expendables 2. Legs: The Expendables 3. Who knew, or could have known!?
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Maybe this kingfisher should have chosen another island to live on – according to one paper on the species, Java is the most densely populated island in the world and has suffered extreme anthropogenic pressure, resulting in the loss of over 90% of its natural forests.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Below is a quotation directly from this paper by the Monitor Conservation Research Society: “Trade data from the range countries of Thailand and Vietnam and from Indonesia and USA, both non-range countries, revealed 10,841 Black-throated Laughingthrushes in trade, across 762 visits to 51 markets between 1966 and 2019.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2023
And here is the Collared Finchbill , who like me suffers from being less social than others. One paper describes them living in the cemeteries of Yogyakarta in Indonesia. Which limits both its and my range expansion (though in my case, not having kids is an important additional factor).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2023
Strangely, the Oriental Dollarbird seems to suffer a bit from an image problem. Apparently, in many regions of Indonesia, songbird contests are frequently held. The paper examines the bird species involved in these bird singing contests.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2013
Destinations Indonesia' Reading other birder’s travel reports afterwards was quite a shock, and in November 2013 I came back with a vengeance and the knowledge of its calls, leading to multiple encounters. End of part 1.
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