Thanks Mike,
Hopefully I will have the time to pull together a more comprehensive trip report for Bali (and HK), to help others thinking of birding there in the future. It felt like I had a pretty successful trip, I ended up seeing 130 odd species in Bali, which was more than I expected and I reckon is a decent total for 3 full days birding and 3 casual days.
The numbers only tell half the story though, they don't really convey how well I did in seeing the birds that I really wanted to see - those endemic to Java and Bali, or harder to see elsewhere. On that front I was pretty happy too, though if I had seen even half of such birds that were heard only I would have been really delighted. This was partly a function of going so soon after the end of the rainy season, with so much verdant vegetation. There were also some birds that we simply didn't try for - a function of time and timing.
Anyway one more day of proper birding and two days of casual sightings to still describe. And if I sort out getting some photos off of my phone I will post a few from HK in the ID forum (greenshanks and sand-plovers from Mai Po) which you might be able to help with.
All the best, Paul
Hopefully I will have the time to pull together a more comprehensive trip report for Bali (and HK), to help others thinking of birding there in the future. It felt like I had a pretty successful trip, I ended up seeing 130 odd species in Bali, which was more than I expected and I reckon is a decent total for 3 full days birding and 3 casual days.
The numbers only tell half the story though, they don't really convey how well I did in seeing the birds that I really wanted to see - those endemic to Java and Bali, or harder to see elsewhere. On that front I was pretty happy too, though if I had seen even half of such birds that were heard only I would have been really delighted. This was partly a function of going so soon after the end of the rainy season, with so much verdant vegetation. There were also some birds that we simply didn't try for - a function of time and timing.
Anyway one more day of proper birding and two days of casual sightings to still describe. And if I sort out getting some photos off of my phone I will post a few from HK in the ID forum (greenshanks and sand-plovers from Mai Po) which you might be able to help with.
All the best, Paul