The outskirts of Sorong city are the habitat of interesting species of tropical birds. There are Yellow-faced Myna, Golden Myna, Helmeted Friarbird, Brown Oriole, Pacific Baza, Gray-headed Goshawk, Black-browed Triller, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Eclectus Parrot, Red-cheeked Parrot, Palm Cockatoo, Pinon Imperial Pigeon, Orange-bellied Fruit-dove, Pink-spotted Fruit-dove, Wompoo Fruit-dove, Sahul Sunbird, Black Sunbird, Olive-crowned Flowerpecker, Moustached Treeswift, and a lot more.
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| Papuan Eclectus |
Birding is usually carried out early in the mornings. We start our trip from Sorong city at 05:00. We will go by car for around 1 hour to a hill outside Sorong city. When we reach it, the light of the morning sun starts to appear in the sky. Birds begin to sing and fly. Hornbills fly over the canopy of the forest.
We will have some coffee or tea with biscuits, first. After having light breakfast, we will start walking to watch birds. Binoculars, spotting scope, and camera with telephoto lens could be used for watching and photographing birds.
There are also butterflies that can be seen during the tour. They include New Guinea Clipper, Common Green Birdwing, Ulysses and Cruiser butterflies.
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| White-bellied Cuckooshrike |
When the temperature gets hotter, we could continue our trip to the coastal area to look for Beach Kingfisher, Pacific Swallow, Lesser Frigatebird, Greater Frigatebird, Common Sandpiper, and Pacific Reef Heron.
At around 10:30, we will walk back to our car and return to Sorong city.
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| Beach Kingfisher |
Birding can be done half day in the morning or afternoon. For those who want to enjoy birding in the morning and afternoon, a full day tour can be organized. If you are interested in taking a half day birding tour in Sorong city before or after your trip in Raja Ampat, please, contact me by whatsapp to: +6281332245180 or by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com.
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