Here is an update to an already closed thread:
I recently (18th JUly) visited Muara Angke, Jakarta, on the 18th of July, and scored with a Sunda Coucal. The bird was warming itself up in a sunny spot on a mid-canopy branch, appearing at 6.40 AM and staying there for 45 minutes. Javan White-eay was more elusive, with just brief views of a single bird and apparently more moving in the background.
In other words, the birds are still there and I saw no alarming developments with immediate risk of forcing them away.
Had a Bluebird taxi from one of the many airport hotels. The ride took about 30 minutes one way + 10 minutes asking around for 'hutan alam' on arrival. Look for a large signpost with a lot of text and a sheltered entrance by a wide avenue with no buildings.
The taxidrivers know where Muara Angke is, and the locals know the location of the 'hutan alam'. The reserve is closed but one may enter till the gated boardwalk, and that was enough in my case. The coucal was in the trees on the right when entering the site, well before the boardwalk. It is only 50 meters from the street to the locked boardwalk gate.
It was not an expensive trip. The taxi cost 250.00 rupees, including the 1.5 h waiting time and a short stop at an Indomaret supermarket on the way back, and I also paid the road tolls (12.000). If we would have driven straight to the site, without a detour to ask for information, the cost would have been 215.000.
I recently (18th JUly) visited Muara Angke, Jakarta, on the 18th of July, and scored with a Sunda Coucal. The bird was warming itself up in a sunny spot on a mid-canopy branch, appearing at 6.40 AM and staying there for 45 minutes. Javan White-eay was more elusive, with just brief views of a single bird and apparently more moving in the background.
In other words, the birds are still there and I saw no alarming developments with immediate risk of forcing them away.
Had a Bluebird taxi from one of the many airport hotels. The ride took about 30 minutes one way + 10 minutes asking around for 'hutan alam' on arrival. Look for a large signpost with a lot of text and a sheltered entrance by a wide avenue with no buildings.
The taxidrivers know where Muara Angke is, and the locals know the location of the 'hutan alam'. The reserve is closed but one may enter till the gated boardwalk, and that was enough in my case. The coucal was in the trees on the right when entering the site, well before the boardwalk. It is only 50 meters from the street to the locked boardwalk gate.
It was not an expensive trip. The taxi cost 250.00 rupees, including the 1.5 h waiting time and a short stop at an Indomaret supermarket on the way back, and I also paid the road tolls (12.000). If we would have driven straight to the site, without a detour to ask for information, the cost would have been 215.000.