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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dandsblair" data-source="post: 2915745" data-attributes="member: 107571">Bangkong kahoy ValleyIn talking to Chris he mentioned he had found Whiskered Pitta about a 4 hour trek from here, about 3 hours back, there is camping and basic rooms or luxury cottages so well worth considering. We then had a wonder in the roadside area where we then found Striped and Pygmy Flowerpecker before returning for an early vegetarian lunch, that would normally be hell for me but all the ingredients are local and the mushrooms were the best and freshest we have had. Jops and Eguy bought some to take home with them. Eguy our driver is a pretty good find as he drove for Tim Fisher for years and more recently for Stijn  from B2asia , so he would get us to the right spots all we needed to do was find the birds.After lunch it was off to SEARCA at makelin where we found that security was much stepped up . Anyone entering the university area needed a pass and to do the Makelin trail you needed to get a pass the day before which fortunately Jops was able to do so, but anyone getting to Makelin after 4.00pm would probably struggle to get access next day. We just had time to find Coppersmith Barbet, Plain fronted Sunburn and Philippine Falconet before the light fadedand it was back to SEARCA guest house where the rooms were modern and well appointed . We then found a local restaurant where we had a very good dinner before heading back to SEARCA to search for the Luzon Hawk Owl which we managed to find [but embarrassed that when one flew at our heads we reacted and it aborted it's landing].</blockquote>

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