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Mt. Austen	Mt. Austen	Japanese WWII memorial at Mt. Austen	MacKinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi arossi)	Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti sanfordi)
Yellow-bibbed Lory (Lorius chlorocercus)	Steel-blue Flycatcher (Myiagra f. ferrocyanea)	Steel-blue Flycatcher (Myiagra f. ferrocyanea)	Melanesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus tristrami alberti)	Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis christophori)
Guadalcanal Owl (Athene granti)	Betikama wetlands, Honiara	Solomons Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorpsii)	White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis elegans)	Grasshopper sp.
Raho village - the start for the trek to Mt. Mbutohaina	Tenaru River	Solomons Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis salomonis)	Resting at Betilonga after a day of walking	Accomodation at Betilonga
The abandoned village of Betilonga	Breakfast at Betilonga - tuna and coconut crackers	Following the river	Trekking between Raho and Betilonga	Crested Cuckoo-Dove (Reinwardtoena crassirostris)
White-eyed Starling (Aplonis brunneicapillus)	Orchid sp.	Our guides and porters	Large tree with lots of epiphytes	Taking a break
Ashley tackling the trail	The "trail" between Betilonga and Mt. Mbutohaina	Camp between Betilonga and Mt. Butohaina	Brewing coffee	Solomon Islands Ground Boa (Candoia carinata paulsoni)
Solomon Islands Ground Boa (Candoia carinata paulsoni)	Waiting out the bad weather	Orchid sp.	Beetle sp.	Camp at Mt. Mbutohaina
Brown Fantail (Rhipidura drownei ocularis)	Guadalcanal Honeyeater (Guadalcanaria inexpectata)	Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus sladeni)	Oriole Whistler (Pachycephala orioloides cinnamomea)	Guadalcanal Hooded Whistler ( Pachycephala implicata)
Crested Cuckoo-Dove (Reinwardtoena crassirostris)	Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis ocularis)	Ashley walking along the stream	Spathoglottis pacifica	The "trail" between Betilonga and Mt. Mbutohaina
The "trail" between Betilonga and Mt. Mbutohaina	Ant plant	Our camp between Betilonga and Mt. Mbutohaina	Ordchid sp.	Forest-clad mountains
Beetle sp.	Orchid sp.	Fungus sp.	Solomons Copperhead (Salomonelaps par)	Waterfall
My feet after walking 100 km in a week	Orchid sp.	Having a refeshing coconut drink	The team for the Mt. Mbutohaina expedition	Fera Airport
Tirotonga village	Ashley and Petter having lunch	Spider sp.	The ridge above Tirotonga	Black-faced Pitta (Pitta anerythra)
Solomons Frogmouth (Rigidipenna inexpectata)	Solomons Frogmouth (Rigidipenna inexpectata)	White-billed Crow (Corvus woodfordi)	Finsch's Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta finschii nanina)	Lizard sp.
Ultramarine Kingfisher (Todiramphus leucopygius)	Midget Flowerpecker (Dicaeum a. aeneum)	Variable Goshawk (Accipiter hiogaster rufoschistaceus)	Long-tailed Myna (Mino k. kreffti)	Solomons Cuckooshrike (Edolisoma h. holopolium)
Yellow-throated White-eye (Zosterops metcalfii)	Our house in Tirotonga	View over Fera Island from Tirotonga	Beetle sp.	Orchid sp.
Heavy rain in Tirotonga village	Our hosts in Tirotonga village	Landing at Buala	Buala	Fera Airport
Island Monarch (Monarcha cinerascens impediens)	Inside the plane	Gizo harbour	The flag of the Solomon Islands	Gizo market
Gizo market	Gizo market	Selling betel nuts Gizo market	Gizo Hotel	Gizo White-eye (Zosterops luteirostris)
Melanesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus tristrami alberti)	Island Imperial Pigeon (Ducula p. pistrinaria)	Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis flavigastra)	Landing on Ranongga	Niyami village
Ranongga White-eye (Zosterops splendidus)	Habitat of Vella Lavella White-eye	Vella Lavella White-eye (Zosterops vellalavella)	Cockerell's Fantail (Rhipidura cockerelli lavellae)	Lagoon at Vella Lavella
Our boat at Hambere	Hambere Village Stay	Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus mendanae)	Roviana Rail (Gallirallus rovianae)	Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia)
Orchid sp.	Crimson-rumped Myzomela (Myzomela e. eichhorni)	White-capped Monarch (Monarcha richardsii)	Solomons White-eye (Zosterops k. kulambangrae)	Trekking Mt. Rano
Calanthe ventilabrum	Orchid sp.	Professor's Camp, Mt. Rano	Forest on Kolombangara	Mossy forest, summit of Mt. Rano
Orchid sp.	View over the vulcano on Kolombangara	Drying all my wet stuff	Honiara Toothbrushing Day!	Pacific Casino Hotel - our base in Honiara
Arriving at Ngora Ngora Airport, Kirakira	Freshwind hotel, Kirakira	Store in Kirakira	Ravo River - the starting point for the trek to Hauta	Dinner at Naara village
Accomodation at Naara village	Naara village	Hauta village in the distance	View over the Bauro highlands	Lunch in the Bauro highlands - taro and taro leaves.
Forest in the Bauro highlands	Makira Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus makirensis)	Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula brenchleyi)	Solomons Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis salomonis)	Sanford's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus sanfordi)
Yellow-legged Pigeon (Columba pallidiceps)	Duchess Lorikeet (Charmosyna margarethae)	Sooty Myzomela (Myzomela tristrami)	Chestnut-bellied Monarch (Monarcha castaneiventris megarhynchus)	Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)
Makira Owl (Athene roseoaxillaris)	Sooty Myzomela (Myzomela tristrami)	Song Parrot (Geoffroyus h. heteroclitus)	Solomons Robin (Petroica p.polymorpha)	Oriole Whistler (Pachycephala orioloides christophori)
Mottled Flowerpecker (Dicaeum tristrami)	Makira Honeyeater (Meliarchus sclateri)	Makira Cicadabird (Coracina salomonis)	Accomodation in Hauta	Hauta village
Breakfast at Hauta village - fried cassava and instant coffee.	Makira Owl (Athene roseoaxillaris)	Setting off from Kirakira into a clound above the sea	Entering a rain clound on the Makira-Ugi crossing	View from Ugi towards Makira
Logging on Ugi	The beach at Molehanua	The beach at Molehanua	Rain over Makira	Molehanua village
Soon to become dinner	The beach at Molehanua	The beach at Molehanua	Chestnut-bellied Monarch (Monarcha castaneiventris ugiensis)	White-collared Monarch (Symposiachrus vidua squamulatus)
Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons ugiensis)	Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons ugiensis)	Cardinal Myzomela (Myzomela cardinalis pulcherrima)	Tinggoa	Lake Tenggano
Forest on East Rennell	Picking coconuts	Dinner - coconut crab, tilapia and papaya	Rennell Island Monitor (Varanus juxtindicus)	Rennell Starling (Aplonis insularis)
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos brevicauda)	MacKinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia mackinlayi arossi)	Cardinal Myzomela (Myzomela cardinalis pulcherrima)	Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)	Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone flavolateralis citrina)
Rennell White-eye (Zosterops rennellianus)	Rennell Whistler (Pachycephala feminina)	Rennell Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus hamlini)	Rennell Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus hamlini)	Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer amoenus)
Bronze Ground Dove (Gallicolumba beccarii solomonensis)	Bare-eyed White-eye (Woodfordia superciliosa)	Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus pygmaeus)	Fixing our truck	Leaving Honiara on the Pelican Express to Auki
The 360 Discovery express ferry from Honiara to Auki	Auki	The hills above Auki	Siubongi village	Malaita White-eye (Zosterops stresemanni)
Bronwin's rest house, Taladola village	Swamp forest with sago palms and swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis	Moustached Treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea woodfordiana)

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