Jakarta

Currently still on the way to West Papua, we left on Thursday! Had a days birding in Jakarta, Java in Indonesia today while waiting for the next flight. We went out on a boat and explored the estuary environments of the River Angke. Ebird list HERE (including a photo of a Pacific Golden Plover which I would have strung for an American Golden if I saw it in Europe, also photos of Lesser Sand and Javan Plovers on Ebird list) and a few photo highlights below.

Adult Lesser Frigatebird (foreground) with Christmas Island Frigatebird

Adult male Christmas Island Frigatebird

Adult female Christmas Island Frigatebird

First summer (it's Spring here) Christmas Island Frigatebird

Adult Great Frigatebird- no white on underparts

Male Christmas Island Frigatebird- white largely confined to triangle marking on belly

Male Lesser Frigatebird- white extends from breast onto auxillaries

Black-naped Tern 

Crested Tern

Javan Pond Heron 

Sunda Teal (with Purple Heron) 

Sunda-Collared Dove- an endemic 

Milky Storks

Monitor Lizard- loads of these and some up to 2m long 

Long-tailed Macaque- also known as the Crab-eating Macaque. We found several groups along the vegetated shoreline.