Hi Penny,
I've birded lots of places. All depends on your time and how far you wish to
travel.
My favourite is the treatment ponds at Nusa Dua!! Check Birdpedia.com for
the reserve under the Indonesia section for a few trips I loaded up.
Not far is the Nusa Dua golf course where you'll find Iora's, Tailorbirds,
etc
Also:
The Bali Bird walk in Ubud,
Uluwatu Temple / or resort for Sea birds. Frigate, boobies, tropicbirds etc
Most Hotels you will find Munias, and other smaller birds
Hotel Jayakarta, Legian has resident White-breasted Woodswallow.
Out to see from Kuta northwards, plenty of seabirds
Further a field:
Bedugal Botanic Gardens,
Bali Barat National Park / Menjangan Island.
Then over the strait to Java.... etc etc.
Cheers
Steve Potter
Blackwood, South Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Penny Brockman
Sent: Monday, 2 March 2009 4:13 PM
To: Steve Potter
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Subject: Re: RFI Bali
Steve and Paul
Thanks very much for the info. Will follow up with Amazon and Andrew Isles.
Colin Trainor also suggested the following and included his trip reports
which I have yet to look at - thanks very much Colin. Always useful to
see what others found and where.
Steve - would like to see your trip reports also.
Will email a trip report when return end July.
The Victor Mason guide is not comprehensive, but its handy for general
birding.
A couple of trip reports attached. Benoa harbour can be very good for waders
- Little Ringed Plover, Eurasian Curlew, perhaps Dowitcher....
> Hi Penny
>
> Correct. MacKinnon and Phillips is the go.
> I got my last copy from Amazon UK. Not cheap but it's the best one for the
> region. Watch the spine as the binding isn't the best. Thus my new copy...
> Email me if you need some good locations.
>
> Steve Potter
> Blackwood, South Australia
>
>
> RFI Bali
> from [Paul Dodd]
> [Permanent Link][Original]
> To:
> "'Penny Brockman'" < >, "'Birding Aus'" <
> >
> Subject:
> RFI Bali
> From:
> "Paul Dodd" < >
> Date:
> Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:19:00 +1100
>
> Hi Penny,
>
> We have "A Field Guide To The Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali" by
> John MacKinnon and Karen Phillips. This seems to be the guide favoured by
> many people, including local birding guides. Not as good as our Aussie
field
> guides, but perfectly usable.
>
> Unfortunately this guide is proving to be very difficult to source in
> Australia.
>
> Try Andrew Isles - www.andrewisles.com.au
>
> Or Fishpond - if you try this, go in through the birding-aus homepage -
> www.birding-aus.org - then click on the Fishpond link. When you do that
(and
> ultimately purchase a book), Russell receives a very small commission that
> goes towards the running of the birding-aus list! Apologies for the
blatant
> commercial!
>
> Alternatively, search for bookshops in the region that have mail order. I
> don't know of any in Bali, but a good bookshop chain in Malaysia that
> carries field guides is Times Bookstores -
> http://www.timesbookstores.com.my/ - and they support mail order.
>
> In giving you all these links, I have checked and all seem out of stock.
> Times Bookshops has three field guides to Bali - none of which I am
familiar
> with. Maybe a more detailed web search will unearth a copy. I would
strongly
> recommend buying the field guide before you go, as there is no guarantee
of
> finding a bookshop that carries one once you're overseas.
>
> Paul Dodd
> Docklands, Victoria
>
>
>
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