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<blockquote data-quote="Vectis Birder" data-source="post: 1476725" data-attributes="member: 43690"><p>This afternoon Tony and myself went to Yorkey's Knob. I don't know who Yorkey was or why this place was named after his knob (no tittering at the back there!) but it is a 20 minute bus ride from Cairns and is a good little birding spot, especially by the golf course, where there is a lagoon holding plenty of waterfowl. As usual with golf courses there are plenty of people 'ruining a good walk' and there is the outside chance of an errant golf ball coming your way but it's relatively safe.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to Tony I added four new species to my list:</p><p></p><p><strong>Green Pygmy Goose</strong></p><p><strong>Rajah Shelduck</strong></p><p><strong>Mistletoebird</strong></p><p><strong>Scaly-breasted Lorikeet</strong></p><p></p><p>With these four additions that makes 137 lifers on this trip so far.</p><p>The Mistletoe bird was a right little sod - we could hear them, but they were very difficult to see but we eventually tracked down a male and female over by the football pitch and I managed to get some good (I hope) shots of the very pretty male bird, all decked out in black, white and red.</p><p></p><p>Other birds were</p><p><strong>Yellow-bellied (Olive-backed) Sunbird</strong></p><p><strong>Spice Finch</strong></p><p><strong>White-breasted Woodswallow</strong></p><p><strong>Little Black Cormorant</strong></p><p><strong>Rainbow Bee-eater</strong></p><p><strong>Brown Honeyeater*</strong></p><p><strong>Dusky Honeyeater</strong></p><p><strong>Australian Darter</strong></p><p><strong>Intermediate Egret</strong></p><p><strong>Little Pied Cormorant</strong></p><p><strong>Forest Kingfisher</strong></p><p><strong>Figbird</strong></p><p><strong>Double-eyed Figparrot</strong></p><p><strong>Sulphur-crested Cockatoo</strong></p><p><strong>Pacific Black Duck</strong></p><p><strong>Australian Grebe</strong></p><p><strong>Laughing Kookaburra</strong></p><p><strong>Spangled Drongo</strong></p><p></p><p>*I posted something I think I must have inadvertently invented the other day - 'Brown' Sunbird. What I meant was either Brown Honeyeater or Yellow-bellied Sunbird.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vectis Birder, post: 1476725, member: 43690"] This afternoon Tony and myself went to Yorkey's Knob. I don't know who Yorkey was or why this place was named after his knob (no tittering at the back there!) but it is a 20 minute bus ride from Cairns and is a good little birding spot, especially by the golf course, where there is a lagoon holding plenty of waterfowl. As usual with golf courses there are plenty of people 'ruining a good walk' and there is the outside chance of an errant golf ball coming your way but it's relatively safe. Thanks to Tony I added four new species to my list: [B]Green Pygmy Goose Rajah Shelduck Mistletoebird Scaly-breasted Lorikeet[/B] With these four additions that makes 137 lifers on this trip so far. The Mistletoe bird was a right little sod - we could hear them, but they were very difficult to see but we eventually tracked down a male and female over by the football pitch and I managed to get some good (I hope) shots of the very pretty male bird, all decked out in black, white and red. Other birds were [B]Yellow-bellied (Olive-backed) Sunbird Spice Finch White-breasted Woodswallow Little Black Cormorant Rainbow Bee-eater Brown Honeyeater* Dusky Honeyeater Australian Darter Intermediate Egret Little Pied Cormorant Forest Kingfisher Figbird Double-eyed Figparrot Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Pacific Black Duck Australian Grebe Laughing Kookaburra Spangled Drongo[/B] *I posted something I think I must have inadvertently invented the other day - 'Brown' Sunbird. What I meant was either Brown Honeyeater or Yellow-bellied Sunbird. [/QUOTE]
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