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<blockquote data-quote="PJSharp" data-source="post: 3557623" data-attributes="member: 118519"><p><u>Day 13 - Gilimanuk area, Menjangan Resort and Banyu Wedang</u> (part 2, after lunch)</p><p></p><p>After lunch in Gilimanuk we moved to a nearby area of short grazed coastal grassland, adjacent to some degraded mangroves called Karang Sewu (on ebird anyway). Here we quite quickly picked up the targets for the site; roosting <strong>Savannah Nightjar</strong>, <strong>Island Collared Doves</strong>, and <strong>Sooty-headed Bulbul</strong>. We also found our first <strong>Sacred Kingfishers</strong> for the trip, only recently arrived as migrants from Australasia. We failed to find Orange-breasted Green Pigeons here, or at subsequent sites.</p><p></p><p>Next stop was a temple, Pura Tirtha Segara Rupek, which affords a reasonable view out over the narrowing channel between Java and Bali. I was rather surprised to find myself starting my second sea-watch in two days in Bali, not quite what I had expected before I came. Now don't get me wrong, I spent some of my formative years staring out into the North Sea from Hartlepool Headland, and enjoy a good sea-watch. Not so much fun for my wife however, so I had to be mindful of how long we spent here.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully for me this is evidently a reasonable spot to sea-watch from as even in strong mid afternoon sunlight reasonable numbers of seabirds were present offshore, actively feeding as shoals of fish appeared near the sea surface. Highlights included two <strong>Bridled Tern</strong>, good numbers of <strong>Streaked Shearwaters</strong>, five <strong>Brown Booby</strong>, and more mundanely an <strong>Arctic Skua</strong>; just like Hartlepool... And a suite of birds I had not expected to feature on my Bali bird list!</p><p></p><p>After 40 minutes we moved on to a nearby independence memorial where we failed to see Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, but was the only other place I saw <strong>Sooty-headed Bulbul</strong>. From here we returned to the Menjangan Resort, where we searched another area for the obvious target I had missed so far. Thankfully our patience eventually paid off and we enjoyed great views of an un-ringed pair of <strong>Bali Myna</strong>, apparently the progeny of released birds. Even my wife was able to enjoy seeing these just stunning birds as they called, preened and danced on a branch.</p><p></p><p>Immensely relieved we then drove to the salt pans, fishponds, coastal pools and beach-front at Banyu Wedang. As we drove through the saltpans there were few birds, but these did include nice views of breeding <strong>Javan Plover</strong> and <strong>Little Tern</strong>, and initial sightings of <strong>Pied Stilt</strong> and <strong>Grey-tailed Tattler</strong>. The first coastal pool held good numbers of common waders, and nearby we saw our first <strong>White-headed Munia</strong>. Along the beach we couldn't find Great Thick-knee, but there was a nice pair of <strong>Malaysian Plovers</strong>, and we saw more <strong>Sunda Teal</strong> in a pool with <strong>Little</strong>, <strong>Intermediate</strong> and <strong>Great Egrets</strong>.</p><p></p><p>One final area of salt pans produced more waders, including many bright <strong>Red-necked Stints</strong>, but no Thick-knee. However in compensation I had nice views of a super <strong>Barred Buttonquail</strong> as it scurried along the track ahead of us. From here we returned to the resort and called it a day.</p><p></p><p>Happy birding, Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PJSharp, post: 3557623, member: 118519"] [U]Day 13 - Gilimanuk area, Menjangan Resort and Banyu Wedang[/U] (part 2, after lunch) After lunch in Gilimanuk we moved to a nearby area of short grazed coastal grassland, adjacent to some degraded mangroves called Karang Sewu (on ebird anyway). Here we quite quickly picked up the targets for the site; roosting [B]Savannah Nightjar[/B], [B]Island Collared Doves[/B], and [B]Sooty-headed Bulbul[/B]. We also found our first [B]Sacred Kingfishers[/B] for the trip, only recently arrived as migrants from Australasia. We failed to find Orange-breasted Green Pigeons here, or at subsequent sites. Next stop was a temple, Pura Tirtha Segara Rupek, which affords a reasonable view out over the narrowing channel between Java and Bali. I was rather surprised to find myself starting my second sea-watch in two days in Bali, not quite what I had expected before I came. Now don't get me wrong, I spent some of my formative years staring out into the North Sea from Hartlepool Headland, and enjoy a good sea-watch. Not so much fun for my wife however, so I had to be mindful of how long we spent here. Thankfully for me this is evidently a reasonable spot to sea-watch from as even in strong mid afternoon sunlight reasonable numbers of seabirds were present offshore, actively feeding as shoals of fish appeared near the sea surface. Highlights included two [B]Bridled Tern[/B], good numbers of [B]Streaked Shearwaters[/B], five [B]Brown Booby[/B], and more mundanely an [B]Arctic Skua[/B]; just like Hartlepool... And a suite of birds I had not expected to feature on my Bali bird list! After 40 minutes we moved on to a nearby independence memorial where we failed to see Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, but was the only other place I saw [B]Sooty-headed Bulbul[/B]. From here we returned to the Menjangan Resort, where we searched another area for the obvious target I had missed so far. Thankfully our patience eventually paid off and we enjoyed great views of an un-ringed pair of [B]Bali Myna[/B], apparently the progeny of released birds. Even my wife was able to enjoy seeing these just stunning birds as they called, preened and danced on a branch. Immensely relieved we then drove to the salt pans, fishponds, coastal pools and beach-front at Banyu Wedang. As we drove through the saltpans there were few birds, but these did include nice views of breeding [B]Javan Plover[/B] and [B]Little Tern[/B], and initial sightings of [B]Pied Stilt[/B] and [B]Grey-tailed Tattler[/B]. The first coastal pool held good numbers of common waders, and nearby we saw our first [B]White-headed Munia[/B]. Along the beach we couldn't find Great Thick-knee, but there was a nice pair of [B]Malaysian Plovers[/B], and we saw more [B]Sunda Teal[/B] in a pool with [B]Little[/B], [B]Intermediate[/B] and [B]Great Egrets[/B]. One final area of salt pans produced more waders, including many bright [B]Red-necked Stints[/B], but no Thick-knee. However in compensation I had nice views of a super [B]Barred Buttonquail[/B] as it scurried along the track ahead of us. From here we returned to the resort and called it a day. Happy birding, Paul [/QUOTE]
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