INDONESIA (REMOTE EASTERN) REP 10 - Birdquest

Though with less epic birds on offer Pulau Sawai, which lies directly offshore from the village, also
had much to offer. Here we managed to get several better looks at Forsten’s Scrubfowl and,
amazingly and inexplicably, we also saw a Moluccan Scrubfowl egg-laying on a Forsten’s mound in
broad daylight, at point-blank range. Low tide revealed extensive sand- and mudflats here, and our
best selection of wintering shorebirds. A handful of Far Eastern Curlews and lots of Terek Sandpipers
were particularly notable.
Our last morning birding on Seram was a wet one, as we drove slowly back across to Masohi. Little
could be added, as we had already found so much. Another luxury ferry jaunt across the ocean
returned us to Ambon, where we spent the night before heading home via Jakarta.
8 Birdquest: Remote Eastern Indonesia 2010