Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) |
Heinroth's Shearwater (Puffinus heinrothi) |
Stephan's Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps stephani) |
Bismarck Drongo (Dicrurus laemostictus) |
Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) |
New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx sacerdotis) |
New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx sacerdotis) |
Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) |
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) |
Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) |
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) |
Lealea mangroves |
Raja Shelduck (Tadorna radjah) |
Elegant Honeyeater (Microptilotis cinereifrons) |
Mangrove Robin (Peneoenanthe pulverulenta) |
Walindi Plantation Resort |
Tre trunk |
Walindi Plantation Resort |
Kimbe Bay |
Kimbe Bay |
Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus) |
Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nigriceps) |
Kulu river |
Walindi Plantation Resort |
Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra) |
Mangrove Golden Whistler (Pachycephala melanura dahli) |
Sclater's Myzomela (Myzomela sclateri) |
Island Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria) |
Restorff Island |
Kimbe Bay |
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
Matsudaira's Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma matsudairae) |
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) |
Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) |
Kimbe Bay |
Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) |
New Britain Friarbird (Philemon cockerelli) |
Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera) |
New Britain Boobook (Ninox odiosa) |
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) |
White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea) |
Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nigriceps) |
White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis sclaterii) |
Black Honey Buzzard (Henicopernis infuscatus) |
Barred Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata sublineata) |
Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) |
White-mantled Kingfisher (Todiramphus albonotatus) |
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis meyeri) |
Golden Masked Owl (Tyto aurantia) |
Yellowish Imperial Pigeon (Ducula subflavescens) |
Variable Goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster) |
PNG Air |
Hooded Mannikin (Lonchura spectabilis) |
Art at Kavieng Airport |
Petrol station |
Lelet Plateau Rd |
White flower |
Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis pallens) |
Mayr's Swiftlet (Aerodramus orientalis leletensis) |
Paradise Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus) |
Bismarck Whistler (Pachycephala citreogaster) |
Paradise Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus) |
Pleated Leaf Spathoglottis (Spathoglottis plicata) |
Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) |
Paradise Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus) |
Paradise Drongo (Dicrurus megarhynchus) |
Black Imperial Pigeon (Ducula melanochroa) |
Bismarck Crow (Corvus insularis) |
Red-banded Flowerpecker (Dicaeum eximium) |
White-backed Woodswallow (Artamus insignis) |
White-backed Woodswallow (Artamus insignis) |
Reddish Myzomela (Myzomela e. erythrina) |
New Ireland sunset |
New Ireland Boobook (Ninox v. variegata) |
New Ireland Boobook (Ninox v. variegata) |
Buff-bellied Mannikin (Lonchura melaena) |
Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis sumbae) |
Melanesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus tristrami nusae) |
Red-chinned Lorikeet (Charmosyna rubrigularis) |
Grey-capped Cicadabird (Coracina remota) |
Golden Monarch (Carterornis chrysomela) |
Bismarck Crow (Corvus insularis) |
White-necked Coucal (Centropus ateralbus) |
Our car |
Peter Igua, Ashley Banwell & Roger McNeill |
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) |
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) |
Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) |
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) |
Tabar Island |
Tabar Island |
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis hispidoides) |
Knob-billed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus insolitus) |
Tabar Pitta (Erythropitta splendida) |
Tabar Pitta (Erythropitta splendida) |
Melanesian Megapode (Megapodius eremita) |
Tau Dikana Lodge |
Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera) |
Northern Fantail (Rhipidura rufiventris gigantea) |
Eclectus Parrot |
Orchid sp. |
Breakfast |
Spider sp. |
Cardinal Lory (Pseudeos cardinalis) |
Tau Dikana Lodge |
On the way to Tabar I. |
New Ireland |
New Ireland |
Odedi (Horornis haddeni) |
Arawa |
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) |
Melanesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus tristrami alberti) |
Island Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria) |
Lunch |
Buin market |
Buin market |
Buin market |
Buin market |
Buin market |
Buin market |
Buin market |
The road to Buin |
Our team |
Pied Goshawk (Accipiter albogularis woodfordi) |
Barred Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata nigrifrons) |
Melanesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus tristrami alberti) |
Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rubricera) |
Lunch |
North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx meeki pallidus) |
Barred Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata nigrifrons) |
Large-Leafed Dendrobium (Dendrobium macrophyllum) |
Brown-winged Starling (Aplonis grandis) |
Solomons Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii) |
Claret-breasted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus viridis) |
Orchid sp. |
Solomons Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii) |
Cockerell's Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli septentrionalis) |
Orchid sp. |
Beatle sp. |
Red-capped Myzomela (Myzomela lafargei) |
Island Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus poliocephalus bougainvillei) |
Island Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus poliocephalus bougainvillei) |
Brown Fantail (Rhipidura d. drownei) |
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Loloru crater lake |
Orchid sp. |
Orchid sp. |
Loloru crater lake |
Loloru volcano |
Orchid sp. |
Loloru volcano |
Loloru volcano |
Wind-Blown Lip Calanthe (Calanthe ventilabrum) |
Orchid sp. |
Bougainville Crow (Corvus meeki) |
Loloru volcano |
Loloru volcano |
Taro plantation |
Roger McNeill & Ashley Banwell |
Village |
Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii) |
Pleated Leaf Spathoglottis (Spathoglottis plicata) |
Loloru volcano |
Our car |
Bad road |
Bad road |
Bad road |
Changing cars |
Flat tire |
Bad road |
Papuan Harrier (Circus spilothorax) |
Pilot dress code |
Karimui air field |
Lunch |
Village council |
Peanut plantation |
Roger McNeill & Ashley Banwell |
Great Woodswallow (Artamus maximus) |
Mt. Karimui |
Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea) |
Lawes's Parotia (Parotia lawesii) |
Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) |
Mountain Peltops (Peltops montanus) |
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii) |
Yellow-browed Melidectes (Melidectes rufocrissalis) |
Mt. Karimui |
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii) |
Mountain Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) |
Black Shrikethrush (Melanorectes nigrescens) |
Red-collared Myzomela (Myzomela rosenbergii) |
Blue-capped Ifrit (Ifrita kowaldi) |
Orchid sp. |
Bower of MacGregor's Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) |
Mt. Karimui |
Daniel Wakra |
Marbled Frogmouth |
Daniel Wakra |
Roosting tree of Karimui Owlet-nightjar |
"Karimui Owlet-nightjar" (Aegotheles [affinis] terborghi) |
"Karimui Owlet-nightjar" (Aegotheles [affinis] terborghi) |
Daniel Wakra |
Papuan Frogmouth |
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) |
Hooded Mannikin |
Papuan Frogmouth |
Scrub Honeyeater (Microptilotis albonotatus) |
Mt. Karimui |
Children collecting worms |
Long-tailed Shrike |
Karimui station |
Karimui station |
Mission Aviation Fellowship |
Pre boarding |
Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) |
Little Black Cormorant |
Little Pied Cormorant |
Village |
Seri Nui dam |
Seri Nui dam |
Seri Nui dam |
Pheasant Pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis) |
White-faced Robin |
Common green birdwing Ornithoptera priamus.jpg |
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) |
Drongo Fantail (Chaetorhynchus papuensis) |
Varirata NP |
Skipper Hesperiidae |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) |
Elkhorn Fern Platycerium bifurcatum |
Varirata NP |
Varirata NP |
Ochre-breasted Catbird (Ailuroedus stonii) |
White-faced Robin (Tregellasia leucops) |
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) |
Boyer's Cuckooshrike (Coracina boyeri) |
Forest Bittern (Zonerodius heliosylus) |
Forest Bittern |
Dragonfly sp. |
Painted Grasshawk Dragonfly (Neurothemis stigmatizans) |
Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) |
White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) |
PNG Parliament |
PNG Parliament |
Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) |
Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) |
Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) |
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) |
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) |
View over post-war Panguna town |
Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) |
Our village on Normanby |
Ultramarine Kingfisher (Todiramphus leucopygius) |
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) |
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) |
The Buka Passage |
John Toroura |
Ducorps's Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii) |
Thrice Folded Calanthe (Calanthe triplicata) |
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) |
Arriving to Wasu, Huon Peninsula |
Our car - on the way to Mt. Balbi |
Australian Osprey (Pandion cristatus) |
White-lipped Python (Leiopython albertisii) |
Sunset over the Buka Passage |
Sanford's Sea Eagle (Icthyophaga sanfordi) |
Imitator Goshawk (Accipiter imitator) |
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae) |
Louisiade White-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus) |
Grass-Like Leaf Arundina - Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia) |
Pleated Leaf Spathoglottis (Spathoglottis plicata) |
Ducorps's Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii) |
The main road on Bougainville, connecting Buka and Arawa |
Pale Mountain Pigeon (Gymnophaps solomonensis) |
Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolus) and Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) |
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) |
Preparing for the crossing to Normaby Island |
Dendrobium sp. |
Ashley and Zhon |
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater (Xanthotis flaviventer spilogaster) |
Brown Fantail (Rhipidura drownei drownei) |
Pleated Leaf Spathoglottis (Spathoglottis plicata var. alba) |
Morning view from our hotel |
Calanthe chrysantha |
Pleated Leaf Spathoglottis (Spathoglottis plicata) |
Pied Goshawk (Accipiter albogularis) |
Satop Ridge (altitude 1 900 m) |
Building our camp at Mt. Balbi |
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) and Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) |
Northern Common Cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) |
Imitator Goshawk (Accipiter imitator) |
Sunset over the Buka Passage |
Curl-crested Manucode (Manucodia comrii) |
Pygmy Eagle (Hieraaetus weiskei) or Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)? |
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) |
The main road on Bougainville, connecting Buka and Arawa |
Sunset over the Buka Passage |
Our "hotel" in Panguna |
Entering the "No Go Zone" - the road to the old Panguna mine |
Beach Kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus) |
The Buka Passage |
Ashley having a cup of Milo |
View over Mt. Bagana volcano |
Sally-light-foot crab (Grapsus albolineatus) |
Lemon-bellied Flyrobin (Microeca flavigaster) |
Variable Shrikethrush (Colluricincla fortis despecta) |
Our camp at Mt. Balbi |