Grebes- family Podicipedidae
A small, worldwide family of medium to large duck-like water birds. Grebes have pointed bills, short wings, very short tails, long, erect necks, lobd rather than webbed feet and long silky feathers.
Grebes are excellent divers, able to stay under water for several minutes at a time. They feed on fish and water insect and makes nests on rafts of floating vegetation. There are two sepecies in java and Bali.
Key to Javan Grebes
Underparts grey throats in breeding plumage reddish……………………………..
……………………………………………. Tachybaptus ruficollis.
Underparts whitish, throat in breeding plumage back…………………………………………………………………………. T. novaehollandiae
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Birding Moluccas: Halamahera island
Birding Moluccas: Halmahera island
Standardwings and Invisible Rails
Ferry is one of water transportation who can be choiched to this island, the view to the left is of a crane in the Barito Pacific log-pond, loading a barge destined for the plywood factory on Ambon. But to the right is scene as pristine and beautiful as any you will find in Indonesia: a creek winds away through mangrove forest towards a backdrop of forested hills.
This is Halmahera, in shape a Celebes in miniature, with few people, few roads and vast forests, where logging has yet to make a significant impact. For birders it is home to 24 species of bird found nowhere else in the world, including the aptly named invisible rail and Wallace’s greatest find-the standardwing bird of paradise. For decades an island so far off the beaten track that only one ornithologist ventured there between 1932 and 1986 Halmahera is now a surprisingly easy place to see some very special birds.
A Birder’s Best Friend
This is due in part to the daily flights to Ternate, the famous neighbouring spice island, from Manado or Ambon, but it is mainly because the first adventurous birder chanced to meet Deminaus Bagadli (or Anu, as he is universally known), a farmer with a natural talent for birding, who has since become host, friend and ace guide to visiting birders.
Anu’s “birdwatchers home”, a very basic losmen, is located in a dip to the right of the road at Tanah Batu Putih, 8 km along the road out of Sidangoli. Forested hills rise up behind the house, making it a great place to hang out and get into some serious birding. Finding it is simple: just climb into any of the bemos meeting the ferry and ask for Tempat Burung Bidadari (bidadari, or fairy bird, is the local name for standardwing).
Nowadays, Anu is often away working on conservation projects, so it is best first to call in at his brother’s shop, Toko Mandiri, in Domato village, to make arrangements. If Anu is not around, his detailed birders’ log will point you in the right direction.
Standardwings and Invisible Rails
Ferry is one of water transportation who can be choiched to this island, the view to the left is of a crane in the Barito Pacific log-pond, loading a barge destined for the plywood factory on Ambon. But to the right is scene as pristine and beautiful as any you will find in Indonesia: a creek winds away through mangrove forest towards a backdrop of forested hills.
This is Halmahera, in shape a Celebes in miniature, with few people, few roads and vast forests, where logging has yet to make a significant impact. For birders it is home to 24 species of bird found nowhere else in the world, including the aptly named invisible rail and Wallace’s greatest find-the standardwing bird of paradise. For decades an island so far off the beaten track that only one ornithologist ventured there between 1932 and 1986 Halmahera is now a surprisingly easy place to see some very special birds.
A Birder’s Best Friend
This is due in part to the daily flights to Ternate, the famous neighbouring spice island, from Manado or Ambon, but it is mainly because the first adventurous birder chanced to meet Deminaus Bagadli (or Anu, as he is universally known), a farmer with a natural talent for birding, who has since become host, friend and ace guide to visiting birders.
Anu’s “birdwatchers home”, a very basic losmen, is located in a dip to the right of the road at Tanah Batu Putih, 8 km along the road out of Sidangoli. Forested hills rise up behind the house, making it a great place to hang out and get into some serious birding. Finding it is simple: just climb into any of the bemos meeting the ferry and ask for Tempat Burung Bidadari (bidadari, or fairy bird, is the local name for standardwing).
Nowadays, Anu is often away working on conservation projects, so it is best first to call in at his brother’s shop, Toko Mandiri, in Domato village, to make arrangements. If Anu is not around, his detailed birders’ log will point you in the right direction.
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