The
Spice Islands, or Moluccas, and their delectable set of endemics awaited; and so
after a short time in Tangkoko around our lodge adding the endemic Sulawesi Babbler, and then en-route to Manado a superb pair
of Knobbed
Hornbills, we boarded a plane, then a speedboat to take us from
Manado in Sulawesi to the often explosively volcanic island of Ternate, from where we sped to the island of Halmahera in the northern Moluccas. There was no rest for the
wicked though, and we were keen to get stuck into the endemics of the Moluccas
that afternoon, which we did in fine style: So
mbre Kingfisher
behaved well, as did several Blue-and-white Kingfishers
which adorned the roadside wires, White Cockatoo followed,
and a bounty of Blyth’s
Hornbills provided a heady supporting cast.
The day ended like our
first in Indonesia, with a scops-owl, though this time the Moluccan Scops-Owl staring down at
us with those impressive eyes that only owls possess.
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