We don’t see many sea birds here, but when anchored close to shore the chorus of birds consists of an amazing array of different voices! The most raucous and visible are the groups of white cockatoos that flit from tree to tree and always seem to have something to quarrel or chat about. We hear lots of different warblers and pigeons, but they mostly remain hidden in the dense foliage of the forest here. In some remote areas we got lucky and saw hornbills–incredibly impressive, large birds. Long before you actually see them you hear the THWUMP THWUMP of their wings–almost like a helicopter!
Here’s a tame hornbill we met in PNG
There are different kinds of parrots around, here a tame couple that lives in Simon’s nature reserve
Both the hornbill and the parrots are free to fly around, but come when called in the hope of getting some goodies