Photo: John and Jemi Holmes The idea of a bird-watching trip to Imbak began in 2004 when Peter Stevens and I were working there with Raleigh International. Significantly this was also the occasion when I realised I was on the slippery slope to becoming a bird-watcher. I remember we were barely 50 paces out of the Raleigh camp when Pete paused between the buttresses of an enormous Mengaris Tree. ‘Did you hear that?’ It was an instruction more than a question. I didn’t have a clue what he was talking about but waited...