Field notes: Namibia 2007

Keerweder

Learn more about our 2007 trip to Namibia to collect sengis.

Expedition to Papua New Guinea

Beautiful Fruit Dove

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Academy South Seas Expeditions

Undertaking Pacific Island Biotic Surveys and Inventories

Expedition to Papua New Guinea

EVER SINCE I was an student working in PNG, it has been a dream of mine to survey and study birds in the outer, most remote islands of Papua New Guinea and the western Pacific. These places have always seemed elusive ­ they are difficult to get to, poorly known, and only a few of the largest and ...
We’ve come to Milne Bay to scout out places for future work, meet officials, talk about permits, learn our way around this province of islands, and learn the birds and bird calls of the area. In our short time here (less than two weeks), we’ve been on the move, and stayed in eight different places. ...
Our last couple days in the camp were productive, and we went to one final cave to look for swifts, bats, and cave fish. We found Glossy Swiftlets (Collocalia esculenta), two species of horseshoe bat (Hipposideros cervus and Rhinolophus euryotis), and a couple fish. This was also the only place where we found leeches, and ...