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Queensland Road Trip 3: Golden Bowerbird & Little Kingfisher at Possum Valley
Golden BowerbirdFollowing our visit to Undara (see following post) we moved on to the delightful refuge of Possum Valley Rainforest Cottages near Ravenshoe for a 5-night stay. The transformation from...
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Queensland Road Trip 4: Tree-Kangaroo & Possums at Possum Valley
Lumholtz's Tree-KangarooLumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo was the highlight of a spotlighting foray during our stay at the Possum Valley Rainforest Cottages on the Atherton Tableland in north Queensland....
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Queensland Road Trip 5: Wet Tropics Birds Revisited
Grey-headed RobinGetting reacquainted with the birds of Queensland's wet tropics has been a joy. Here at Possum Valley, where we are winding up a 5-day stay, the rainforest is high altitude, where many...
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Queensland Road Trip 6: Malanda & Platypus, Riflebird, Tree-Kangaroo
Victoria's RiflebirdOn the last morning of our stay at Possum Valley (see following two posts) I finally had some nice encounters with Platypus, seeing a total of 4 animals on 2 of the 3 small lakes on...
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Queensland Road Trip 7: Atherton to Mt Carbine - Sarus Crane, Black-throated...
Black-throated FinchAfter our visit to Malanda (see following post) we left the rainforests and wet red soils behind for a two-day stay in the Big 4 Woodlands Caravan Park outside Atherton. Bridled...
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Queensland Road Trip 8: Shipton's Flat & White-streaked Honeyeater
White-streaked HoneyeaterFollowing our stopover at Mt Carbine (see following post) we continued north to the iconic hotel of Lions Den, at the northern end of the coastal Daintree-Bloomfield Road, for...
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Queensland Road Trip 9: Cooktown - Kath & Dave & Papuan Frogmouth
Papuan FrogmouthFollowing our visit to Shiptons Flat (see next post) we moved on to Cooktown, where we spent 3 days at the home of our good friends Kath Shurcliff and David Houghton. We were most...
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Queensland Road Trip 10: Great-billed Heron & Daintree River
Great-billed HeronAfter our visit to Cooktown (see following post) we headed south to the village of Daintree for a 2-night stay in the Daintree Riverview Caravan Park, located pleasantly beside the...
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Queensland Road Trip 11- The Wonderful Daintree
Olive-backed SunbirdFollowing our three-day visit to Daintree Village (see following post) we crossed the Daintree River on the vehicular ferry for a two-night stop at Cape Kimberley. This little-known...
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Queensland Road Trip 12 - Out and About Cairns
Australian SwiftletAfter our visit to the Daintree (see following post) we shifted south to Palm Cove for a 2-night stay in the local caravan park, driving down the scenic road from Port Douglas.Port...
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Queensland Road Trip 13: Etty Bay & Cassowary
Southern CassowaryFollowing our visit to Cairns (see following post) we headed south to the pretty coastal settlement of Etty Bay, south-east of Innisfail.Southern CassowaryEtty Bay is arguably the...
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Queensland Road Trip 14: Tully to Townsville
White-browed RobinsFollowing our visit to Etty Bay (see following post) we headed further south to Tully for an overnight stay with friends Jason Grotherr and Debbie Grant. Then onwards to Ingham for a...
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Queensland Road Trip 15: Eungella & Mackay
Eungella HoneyeaterFollowing our visit to Paluma (see following post), we had a two-day stay at Townsville's Rowes Bay which was pretty well birding-free, although I saw a pair of Black Falcons hunting...
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Nesting Glossy Black Cockatoo & Powerful Owl
Powerful Owl maleTwo of our more uncommon birds, Glossy Black Cockatoo and Powerful Owl, have successfully raised chicks in the Brisbane area.Glossy Black Cockatoo - male feeds female at nest treeA...
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Land-Clearing in Queensland: On the Brink
Clearing on Olive Vale Station, Cape York: Wilderness Society The fate of vast tracts of Queensland bushland hangs in the balance as a group of Cairns-based indigenous leaders led by Noel Pearson...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic August 2016
Black-bellied Storm-PetrelA pod of wonderful whales and a big fish were the stars of the show for the August 13 pelagic trip off Mooloolaba on the Sunsine Coast, with nice birds including Black-bellied...
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All Four Australian Tyto Owls in One Night (Plus Marbled Frogmouth)
Sooty OwlAn extraordinary night of owling was had last night in the company of Luke Bennett and Bob Sothman in and around the Sunshine Coast. We scored all four Australian Tyto owl species - Masked,...
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Winter Visit to Lockyer Valley
Yellow-billed SpoonbillsA foray to the Lockyer and Brisbane valleys before winter expires. In the series of pools along Cove Road, Stanmore, were a few Glossy Ibis and Yellow-billed Spoonbills, with 7...
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Nestling Musings: Do Australian Bushbirds Commit Siblicide?
Little Wattlebird adult & youngWe've played host to a family of Little Wattlebirds in our Sunshine Coast garden. Some interesting observations indicate nestling behaviour I had not thought likely,...
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Black-breasted Buttonquail Looking Good
Black-breasted Buttonquail is endemic to the dry lowland rainforests of south-east Queensland. It is at or close to the top of the wishlists of visiting birders, and is one of my favourites.I first...
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