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Birding Trip 7D6N Tangkoko & Tomohon with Jonathan Phillip

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Our 7-day birding tour with Jonathan Phillip and his friends at Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Mount Mahawu in Tomohon provided us with the opportunity to photograph some incredible birds! Unforgettable moments and experiences, offering a glimpse into the rich biodiversity of the region. These locations offer equally captivating environments for birding. Our highlights Sulawesi Dwarf-Kingfisher Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher Great-billed Kingfisher  Ruddy Kingfisher Sacred Kingfisher Collared Kingfisher (Collared) Green-backed Kingfisher (Blue-headed) Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (Scaly-breasted) Purple-winged Roller Sulawesi PygmyWoodpecker Ashy Woodpecker Sulawesi Heleia  Warbling White-eye Black-crowned White-eye Sulawesi Babbler Finch-billed Myna Asian Glossy Starling Sulawesi Myna White-necked Myna (Northern) Javan Myna Rusty-backed Thrush Turquoise Flycatcher Chestnut Munia Eurasian Tree Sparrow Sulphur-bellied Whistler Black-naped Oriole (Sulawesi) White-breasted Woodswallow Hair-...

Birding Trip 7D6N Tangkoko Tomohon with Herman & Kit

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Thank you Herman and Kit for joining us on our birding trip. We had so much positive energy to share. We enjoyed our 7-day birding trip to Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Mount Mahawu in Tomohon. Our bird list was excellent, and many of them caught birds of a lifetime, as this was their first birding experience in North Sulawesi Our highlights: Sulawesi Scops-Owl  Speckled Boobook  Knobbed Hornbill  Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher Ashy Woodpecker  Pygmy Hanging-Parrot Sulawesi Pitta (Sulawesi) Black-naped Oriole (Sulawesi) White-breasted Woodswallow Black-crowned Night Heron (Eurasian) Eastern Cattle-Egret/ Medium Egret Sulawesi Goshawk  White-bellied Sea-Eagle Sulawesi Masked-Owl  Ochre-bellied Boobook  Sulawesi Hornbill (Dwarf) Sulawesi Dwarf-Kingfisher Great-billed Kingfisher Philippine Megapode Gray-headed Imperial-Pigeon Green Imperial-Pigeon (Rufous-naped) Pied Imperial-Pigeon Silver-tipped Imperial-Pigeon Channel-billed Cuckoo Sulawesi Nightjar Black-nape...

Family Birding Trip 3D2N Tangkoko Tomohon with Hans & Family

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Family Birding Trip. We just completed 3 day, 2 night birding trip to Tangkoko and Mount Mahawu in Tomohon with a Dutch couple and their children. Some highlights of the trip: Crimson Sunbird (Sulawesi) Scaly-breasted Munia (Scaled) Black-faced Munia  Chestnut Munia Cinnamon Bittern Speckled Boobook Sulphur-bellied Whistler Citrine Canary-Flycatcher Hair-crested Drongo Hair-crested Drongo (White-eyed) Pale-blue Monarch Sulawesi Crow Sooty-headed Bulbul Sulawesi Babbler Finch-billed Myna Sulawesi Myna White-necked Myna (Northern) Sulawesi Myzomela Black-crowned White-eye Turquoise Flycatcher  Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker Crimson Sunbird (Sulawesi) Scaly-breasted Munia (Scaled) Black-faced Munia  Chestnut Munia Rusty-backed Thrush Yellow-sided Flowerpecker Gray-sided Flowerpecker Brown-throated Sunbird Black Sunbird (North Sulawesi) Sahul Sunbird Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Buff-banded Rail Purple-winged Roller Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker Ashy Woodpecker Yellow-breasted Racquet-tai...