RFI Visiting Sulawesi and Bali (1 Viewer)

featherbrain1223

Well-known member

• Oct 8, 2011

• #1

Hi all,

There's a pretty good chance that May 2012 I will be visiting Sulawesi for a couple of weeks and a few days on Bali. For the duration of the stay on Sulawesi it will be near Bitung and not much chance of getting away from there since I will be with a group. Any suggestions on what endemics to look for in the area?
For Bali, what is the chance of seeing Bali Starlings (best location?).
Also I am trying to find a good field guide for the area but am having trouble, any suggestions?

Thanks so much for any help!

 

Last edited: Oct 8, 2011

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Oct 8, 2011

• #2

Bitung in Sulawesi is not far from one of the prime sites for lowland birds, Tangkoko.

To find out how we got on at this site a couple of years ago scroll down to post #820 on this linked page:-
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=100901&highlight=bristol+kagu&page=33

Hope that's of some help.

 

featherbrain1223

Well-known member

• Oct 8, 2011

• #3

Thank you for the trip report! Always fun reading up on what others see.
What field guide did you use?

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Oct 8, 2011

• #4

featherbrain1223 said:

Thank you for the trip report! Always fun reading up on what others see.
What field guide did you use?

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There is a very heavy field guide, he birds of Wallacea by Coates, Bishop and Gardner

 

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Nick Brickle

Guest

• Oct 9, 2011

• #5

If it helps, there is lots of info on birding sites in Sulawesi and Bali on the Indonesian birding community website http://burung-nusantara.org/birding-indonesia/sites/.

As Larry says, Tangkoko is very close to Bitung - maybe 30-40 minutes by motorbike taxi or car - so it would be easy to commute for some excellent birding.

Nick

 

featherbrain1223

Well-known member

• Oct 10, 2011

• #6

Thank you guys for the info, great site!
I'm having trouble finding the Birds of Wallacea and when I do it's usually $100 + shipping. Is there an alternate guide?

 

James Eaton

Trent Valley Crew

• Oct 10, 2011

• #7

featherbrain1223 said:

Thank you guys for the info, great site!
I'm having trouble finding the Birds of Wallacea and when I do it's usually $100 + shipping. Is there an alternate guide?

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Unfortunately the book is out of print, so it is difficult finding a copy - $100 is a pretty good deal at the moment! I know a few people last year ended up paying £75+ for a copy.
If you can wait until 2013 there will be an alternative, but not by 2012 unfortunately!

James

 

featherbrain1223

Well-known member

• Oct 12, 2011

• #8

Well my local library happens to have both Birds of Wallacea and Birds of Sulawesi. So I suppose I will save a little money and just refer to them there. I am planning on buying the photographic guide to Indonesia. I know it's incomplete but it will be better than nothing.

 

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kurakura

Well-known member

• Oct 24, 2011

• #9

hmm shame you do not have more time. Bidlife Indonesia have the Bishop Book and it cost 6USD, allright it is in Indonesian They may even have extra notes for it too... not sure, have a look at the link below: Having the Indonesian names of the species makes it worth the money if you ask me

http://envirobookscorner.xikat.com/product/show

 

featherbrain1223

Well-known member

• Oct 27, 2011

• #10

Thanks for the suggestion, but it looks like they only ship to Indonesia and I'm in the USA...too bad because those are great deals!