Birds in 60 seconds

2006 October 8
by David J. Ringer

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.

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Pacific Swallows, Hirundo tahitica, on our clothesline this morning.

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