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Hidden in the remote highlands of Mount Kapalatmada in Buru, Indonesia, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet has reemerged after going missing for more than a decade. Only documented once in the past hundred years, the elusive parrot species was spotted in April during a 14-day trek, carefully tucked away in the island’s most unexplored and challenging landscape.

Led by Indonesian mountaineering group Kanal Buru and expedition leader Handoko, a team that included members of American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Birdtour Asia, and Yayasan Planet Indonesia witnessed and snapped the first photographs of the

_{This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.}

The plump, big-eyed, long-billed, and short-legged American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) is an odd study in contrasts. Like the related Wilson’s Snipe, it’s a shorebird far from shore, often heard but rarely seen, and has earned colorful folk names such as “timberdoodle” and “bogsucker” through its unlikely habits and habitats. This strange, shy species is well worth seeking out, if only to observe the males’ enchanting flight display.

Woodcocks are best sought in late winter and early spring, in the crepuscular (twilight) hours of early morning or evening. The best places