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A series of our inner thoughts, emotions, experiences, encounters, & observations, as we interact with the people of the world

 

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Jenny & Adam

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia // Our Centennial Bird was a White Bellied Sea Eagle in Flores, Indonesia. We got a big bump from a bird walking tour in Bali with an energetic woman named Su. “Left, flying left, flying left, flying left, on the tree, see the antenna, three sticks over from the white flower, now up, sit there, sit there, good bird, ohhh gone” for three hours straight. “Do you hear that? Zit, zit, zit. It's the noise the zitting cisticola makes when it flys”. Su could reproduce almost any bird song. We learned a lot from her. Sunrise and dusk are the best time for bird watching as are open fields and rice paddies. Jungles are extremely difficult for finding birds as there is so much foliage to hide them unless you can get above the tree line and watch from above. This would explain why we only saw one bird on our Cat Ba National Forest trek in the middle of the day in Vietnam. Edges of forests are great too. It's easiest to watch them fly and track them until they land so you can get a good look at them perched. Birds also like the sun so tops of trees is typically a good place to look for them. Bird watching with Su almost felt like cheating. She made it seem so easy and effortless to find over 19 birds. We hit our resolution of 100 birds in 2016 so now everything else we find is just bonus. 

  1. Brown Thrasher // Wedowee, Alabama
  2. Shriker // Wedowee, Alabama
  3. Swallow // Wedowee, Alabama
  4. Cardinal // Wedowee, Alabama
  5. Great Blue Heron // Wedowee, Alabama
  6. Warbler // Wedowee, Alabama
  7. Finch // Wedowee, Alabama
  8. Red Headed Wood Pecker // Wedowee, Alabama
  9. Blue Jay // Wedowee, Alabama
  10. Bald Eagle // Wedowee, Alabama
  11. Ruby Throated Humming Bird // Newnan, Georgia
  12. Canadian Goose // Solon, Ohio
  13. Red Bellied Woodpecker // Solon, Ohio
  14. Black-Capped Chickadee // Solon, Ohio
  15. Northern Cardinal // Solon, Ohio
  16. Coopers Hawk // Columbus, Ohio
  17. Wild Turkey // Bentleyville, Ohio
  18. Pigeon // Atlanta Airport, Georgia
  19. Zebra Dove // Kahalui, Hawaii
  20. Common Myna // Pukalani, Hawaii
  21. Red-Crested Cardinal // Pukalani, Hawaii
  22. Java Sparrow // Pukalani, Hawaii
  23. House Sparrow // Haleakala, Hawaii
  24. Japanese White-eye // Haleakala, Hawaii
  25. Nene // Haleakala, Hawaii
  26. House Finch // Kihei, Hawaii
  27. Spotted Dove // Pukalani, Hawaii
  28. Maui Rooster // Kula, Hawaii
  29. Hen // Kula, Hawaii
  30. Ring-necked Pheasant // Kula, Hawaii
  31. Cattle Egret // Pu’unene, Hawaii
  32. Hawaiian Coot // Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
  33. Hawaiian black necked stilt // Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
  34. Laysan Albatross // Pololu Valley lookout Big Island Hawaii
  35. White-Tailed Tropicbird or Koa’e Kea // Volcanoes National Park Big Island Hawaii
  36. Wedge-Tailed Shearwater // Kameole Beach Park III, Hawaii
  37. Melodious Laughing Thrush // Kalalau Trail, Hawaii
  38. Northern Cardinal Female // Kalalau Trail, Hawaii
  39. White Rumped Shama // Kalalau Trail, Hawaii
  40. Sandpiper // Kalalau Trail, Hawaii
  41. Red Footed Booby // Kalalau Trail, Kauai
  42. Barn Owl // Pukalani, Hawaii
  43. Common Waxbill // Sandy Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii
  44. Red-Vented Bulbul // Manana Waterfall Trail, Oahu, Hawaii
  45. Jungle Myna // Railay, Thailand
  46. White-vented Myna // Railay, Thailand
  47. Eurasian Tree Sparrow // Krabi, Thailand
  48. Easter Cattle Egret // Krabi, Thailand
  49. Pacific Cattle Egret // Railay, Thailand
  50. Blue Whistling Thrush // Railay, Thailand
  51. Mangrove Pitta // Railay, Thailand
  52. Mangrove Blue Flycatcher // Tonsai, Thailand
  53. Black-capped Kingfisher // Tonsai, Thailand
  54. Buff-bellied Flowerpecker // Railay, Thailand
  55. Crested Treeswift // Tonsai, Thailand
  56. Brown Shrike // Phuket, Thailand
  57. Asian Bluebird // Koh Hong Lagoon, Thailand
  58. Brahimy Kite // Koh Hong, Thailand
  59. Circling Frigatebirds // Koh Dam Kwhan (Chicken Island), Thailand
  60. Brown Headed Gull // Koh Rang Yai, Thailand
  61. Jungle Crow // Sirinat National Park, Thailand
  62. Black Headed Bulbul // Sirinat National Park, Thailand
  63. Racket Tailed Treepie // Ta Prohm Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  64. Pied Fantail // War Museum, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  65. Black Drongo // Tonle Sap, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  66. Common Woodshrike // Anachak Boutique Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  67. White Throated Kingfisher // Otres Beach, Sihanoukville, Cambodia
  68. Collared Kingfisher // Otres Beach II, Sihanoukville, Cambodia
  69. Greater Coucal // Don Det, Laos
  70. Black-collared starling // Don Khon, Laos
  71. Changeable Hawk-Eagle // Don Khon, Laos
  72. Lesser Whitethroat Warbler // Don Khon, Laos
  73. Black Kite // Lan Ha Bay, Vietnam
  74. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike // Cat Ba National Park, Vietnam
  75. Black-throated Sunbird // Cat Ba National Park, Vietnam
  76. Pacific Swift // Lan Ha Bay, Vietnam
  77. White Shouldered Starling // Butterfly Valley, Vietnam
  78. Dollarbird // Butterfly Valley, Vietnam
  79. Cinnamon Bittern // Hoi An, Vietnam
  80. Javan Pond-Heron // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  81. Little Egret // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  82. White-breasted Waterhen // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  83. White-bellied swiftlet // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  84. Asian-palm swift // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  85. Java Kingfisher // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  86. Pacific Swallow // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  87. Striated Swallow // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  88. Yellow-vented Bulbul // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  89. Pied Bushchat // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  90. Zitting Cisticola // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  91. Golden-headed Cisticola // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  92. Ashy Tailorbird // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  93. Brown-Throated Sunbird // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  94. Olive-backed Sunbird // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  95. Javan Munia // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  96. Scaly-breasted Munia // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  97. Sacred Kingfisher // Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  98. Zebra Finch // Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia
  99. Flame-breasted Sunbird // Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia
  100. White bellied sea Eagle // Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia
  101. Blue Heron // Komodo National Park, Indonesia
  102. Megapode // Komodo National Park, Indonesia
  103. Mountain Leaf Warbler // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  104. Oriental Magpie Robin // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  105. Silver Eared Mesia // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  106. White-throated Fan Tail // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  107. Blue-Winged Leafbird // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  108. Little Spider Hunter // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  109. Large Niltava // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
  110. Black Headed Pitta // Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Mt. Fuji
  111. American Goldfinch // Twinsburg, Ohio
  112. Robin Red Breast // Solon, Ohio
  113. Red Cockaded Woodpecker // Solon, Ohio
  114. Tufted Titmouse // Solon, Ohio
  115. House Crow // New Delhi, India
  116. Rose-ringed Parakeet // Taj Mahal, Agra, India
  117. Red-wattled lapwing and juvenile // Jantar Mantar Observatory, Jaipur, India
  118. Indian Peacock // The Pink City, Jaipur, India
  119. Greater Flamingo // Rajasthan, India
  120. Asian Openbill Stork // Udaipur, India
  121. White Rumped Needletail swift // Udaipur, India
  122. Little Cormorant // Udaipur, India 
  123. Indian Grey Hornbill // Rishikesh, India
  124. Yellow-billed Blue Magpie // Mcleodganj, India
  125. Grey headed canary flycatcher // Mcleodganj, India
  126. Variable Wheateater // Mcleodganj, India
  127. Steppe Eagle // Mcleodganj, India
  128. White-capped water redstart // Mcleodganj, India
  129. Great Barbet // Mcleodganj, India
  130. Grey capped pygmy woodpecker // Mcleodganj, India
  131. Nightingale // Jagat, Nepal
  132. Common Hoopoe // Chame, Nepal
  133. Himalayan Griffon // Pisang, Nepal
  134. Common Greenshank // Deserted Sand Bar, Maldives
  135. Eurasian Magpie // Acropolis, Greece
  136. Green Parrot // Ancient Agora, Greece
  137. Muscovy Duck // Sivota, Greece