July 9 – Day 13: Transfer to Kiunga

As we left Cloudlands Hotel for the last time, the weather was the same as when we arrived, raining. One stop along the way added Dwarf Koel then we went for a walk around a forested area at K17. The target species was King BoP and he was soon located high up in his regular tree, resplendent in his red and white plumage with yellow bill and two short tail streamers. However, he wasn’t a great fan of sitting out in the open!

Many roadsigns are in English and Pidgin, the latter being the most widely spoken language in PNG

This sign is all in Pidgin - can you work out what it means?

We checked into Kiunga Hotel for lunch and then went out to scan a forest edge from a small ridge. It was noticeably hot and sunny, but a pleasant change from the cloudy skies of late. There was a reasonable amount of birds around with Greater BoP and Lowlands Peltops. All too soon it began to rain although we did managed two Papuan Spinetails flying low over the forest and brief views of a group of Papuan Babblers.