November 28, 2015: Makassar, Sulawesi 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;After a week in Sulawesi, it鈥檚 time to fly. New places await. I鈥檝e hit the ceiling on birds here, and time is getting short鈥�
Monal and I had a great seven days on this island, and I hope I can return someday to see those few endemics I missed this time. You can see photos of many of these birds on and get inspired to visit Sulawesi, too!
At dawn today we staked out a lake outside Manado, where I picked up two new 鈥渉ens,鈥� Black-backed Swamphen and Dusky Moorhen, before heading for the airport. This afternoon I took a short flight down to Makassar, where I鈥檒l connect with onward legs tomorrow morning. Today begins four straight days in the air鈥�a journey that will take me, step by step, into the heart of Papua New Guinea.
Apologies, by the way, for the intermittent updates this week. As always, I write these blog posts each evening but can only post them with a wifi connection, and internet has been tough to find lately! I can at least update the species list page with my cell phone, so it is generally up to date (unless I鈥檓 in a really remote area without cell service). Onward!
New birds today: 2
Year list: 5396
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