Sunday, October 8, 2006, 10:52 am
Birds in 60 seconds
UKARUMPA, PNG — My birding adventures seem to have consisted of the 60-second variety for days now: The Ornate Melidectes pecking at a spider cocoon until I got too close; the kingfisher flashing blue across the road, gripping an insect; the sweet, sad songs of Brush Cuckoos as I awoke. Tomorrow morning I will set aside the laptop for a whole week and venture into remote and distant Sandaun Province. I’ll be busy even there, but surely there will be time for birds.
Pacific Swallows, Hirundo tahitica, on our clothesline this morning.
David J. Ringer
