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We organize birding, wildlife watching, farm and culture tours to various destination including farmland and forest in Subdistrict Sonder and Mount Mahawu of Tomohon in Minahasa Highland in North Sulawesi to Malagufuk, Klabili, and Raja Ampat, Java, Bali and Sumatra. My e-mail: peace4wp@gmail.com; Whatsapp: +6281332245180
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Beach Kingfisher
I often go to Raja Ampat to guide visitors who want to enjoy birdwatching and snorkeling. From my previous trips, I saw various species of coastal birds. One of them was Beach Kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus). This bird was quite big compared to Azure Kingfisher and Yellow-billed Kingfisher. Its calls were also unique. I could easily recognize the bird even when he was calling from behind thick branches, twigs and leaves of a tree.
One day I was standing on a hill near Port of Waisai town. I had been there photographing Willie Wagtail, Moustached Treeswift, Moluccan Starling, and Coconut Lorikeet. Suddenly, I saw a Beach Kingfisher landed on the naked branch of a tree that was very close to the beach. I quickly aimed my camera to the bird and pressed the shutter button several times. Although I could not get close up picture of the bird, I was quite satisfied with the result. At least it could be used in this post for identification purposes. This was written by Charles Roring
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