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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Whitehouse" data-source="post: 1680990" data-attributes="member: 3550"><p><strong>Day 16: 4th July 2009, Daintree - Kingfisher Park</strong></p><p></p><p>Well, this thread has been updated about as infrequently as George Bristow's Secret Freezer, so I thought I might have a go at finishing off the trip report over the holiday season. Don't hold your breath though.</p><p></p><p>The following morning I had my final look around the Daintree village area and headed along Stewart Creek Road. The highlight of the early morning visit were splendid views of a <strong>Wompoo Fruit Dove</strong> in some trees by the creek. Probably the most spectacular and colourful pigeon I've ever seen. I also had distant views of a <strong>Brown Goshawk</strong>, <strong>Yellow Oriole, Intermediate Egret</strong> and a group of six <strong>Forest Kingfishers</strong>.</p><p></p><p>I headed back along the track after breakfast but went further along than before. I had good but quick views of a <strong>Gould's Bronze-cuckoo</strong> singing by the bridge. I was pleased to see a <strong>Pacific Baza</strong> soaring overhead - a bird I'd missed the previous day. A smart looking raptor it is too.</p><p></p><p>A small pool held my first <strong>Australasian Little Grebe</strong>, four <strong>Black-fronted Dotterel</strong> and a flock of <strong>Chestnut-breasted Mannikin</strong>. A few raptors were about including <strong>Whistling Kite</strong> and <strong>Brahminy Kite</strong>, and there was a fetching and confiding group of <strong>Rainbow Bee-eaters</strong>. Splendidly, a look up above produced a <strong>Black-necked Stork</strong> soaring high up.</p><p></p><p>I then headed inland and uphill towards <a href="http://www.birdwatchers.com.au/bird_watching_wildlife.htm" target="_blank">Kingfisher Park</a>, a well-known base for birding near Julatten. I stayed here for another couple of nights and saw a lot of birds in so doing. After checking in, I headed a few miles down the road to Abbatoir Swamp. I'd heard that the car park here was a good spot for honeyeaters but there weren't too many around when I was there, just <strong>Macleay's, Yellow</strong> and <strong>Brown Honeyeaters</strong>. Much better was a distinctive <strong>Northern Fantail</strong>, which looks superficially like the <em>keasti</em> Grey Fantails in the area but is much chunkier and more flycatcher like. One of those 'if you're not sure then it isn't one' birds. I didn't see too much else except for an adult <strong>Brown Goshawk</strong>. Of interest to some readers, I located a pristine looking <strong>'rhythm pamphlet'</strong> in the car park. I suspect that this car park is popular with weary and stressed travellers and in fact noticed that one driver had pulled in for about ten or fifteen minutes or so before continuing on his way. I didn't look too closely.</p><p></p><p>I spent the remainder of the day around Kingfisher Park, during which time I was fairly engulfed by birds. The flowers and feeders around the buildings had lots of honeyeaters including a big and smart looking <strong>Blue-faced Honeyeater</strong>. Lots of <strong>Red-browed Finches</strong> were ploughing into the feeders. In the orchard in the middle of the park I encountered the first of many <strong>Australian Brush Turkeys</strong> - birds with apparently no fear and not too much in the way of brains. The trees soon produced a couple of new birds: a <strong>White-throated Treecreeper</strong> and a very smart <strong>Pied Monarch</strong>. In the undergrowth I soon encountered some very approachable <strong>Grey-headed Robins</strong> and <strong>Pale Yellow Robins</strong>.</p><p></p><p>The best spot was down by the creek, where a constant succession of birds came in to drink and bathe in the late afternoon sunlight. Amongst the <strong>Grey</strong> and <strong>Rufous Fantails, Spectacled Monarchs, Little Shrike-thrushes, Grey Whistlers, Silvereyes</strong> and various honeyeaters were some plain looking <strong>Large-billed Scrubwrens</strong> and another female <strong>Victoria's Riflebird</strong>. An <strong>Azure Kingfisher</strong> came into the creekside scrub. The final new bird of the day was a very attractive <strong>Yellow-throated Scrubwren</strong> by the small pool in the orchard. As night fell I could hear some <strong>Bush Stone-curlews</strong> in the distance and a <strong>Northern Brown Bandicoot</strong> was lurking around the kitchens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Whitehouse, post: 1680990, member: 3550"] [b]Day 16: 4th July 2009, Daintree - Kingfisher Park[/b] Well, this thread has been updated about as infrequently as George Bristow's Secret Freezer, so I thought I might have a go at finishing off the trip report over the holiday season. Don't hold your breath though. The following morning I had my final look around the Daintree village area and headed along Stewart Creek Road. The highlight of the early morning visit were splendid views of a [B]Wompoo Fruit Dove[/B] in some trees by the creek. Probably the most spectacular and colourful pigeon I've ever seen. I also had distant views of a [B]Brown Goshawk[/B], [B]Yellow Oriole, Intermediate Egret[/B] and a group of six [B]Forest Kingfishers[/B]. I headed back along the track after breakfast but went further along than before. I had good but quick views of a [B]Gould's Bronze-cuckoo[/B] singing by the bridge. I was pleased to see a [B]Pacific Baza[/B] soaring overhead - a bird I'd missed the previous day. A smart looking raptor it is too. A small pool held my first [B]Australasian Little Grebe[/B], four [B]Black-fronted Dotterel[/B] and a flock of [B]Chestnut-breasted Mannikin[/B]. A few raptors were about including [B]Whistling Kite[/B] and [B]Brahminy Kite[/B], and there was a fetching and confiding group of [B]Rainbow Bee-eaters[/B]. Splendidly, a look up above produced a [B]Black-necked Stork[/B] soaring high up. I then headed inland and uphill towards [URL="http://www.birdwatchers.com.au/bird_watching_wildlife.htm"]Kingfisher Park[/URL], a well-known base for birding near Julatten. I stayed here for another couple of nights and saw a lot of birds in so doing. After checking in, I headed a few miles down the road to Abbatoir Swamp. I'd heard that the car park here was a good spot for honeyeaters but there weren't too many around when I was there, just [B]Macleay's, Yellow[/B] and [B]Brown Honeyeaters[/B]. Much better was a distinctive [B]Northern Fantail[/B], which looks superficially like the [I]keasti[/I] Grey Fantails in the area but is much chunkier and more flycatcher like. One of those 'if you're not sure then it isn't one' birds. I didn't see too much else except for an adult [B]Brown Goshawk[/B]. Of interest to some readers, I located a pristine looking [B]'rhythm pamphlet'[/B] in the car park. I suspect that this car park is popular with weary and stressed travellers and in fact noticed that one driver had pulled in for about ten or fifteen minutes or so before continuing on his way. I didn't look too closely. I spent the remainder of the day around Kingfisher Park, during which time I was fairly engulfed by birds. The flowers and feeders around the buildings had lots of honeyeaters including a big and smart looking [B]Blue-faced Honeyeater[/B]. Lots of [B]Red-browed Finches[/B] were ploughing into the feeders. In the orchard in the middle of the park I encountered the first of many [B]Australian Brush Turkeys[/B] - birds with apparently no fear and not too much in the way of brains. The trees soon produced a couple of new birds: a [B]White-throated Treecreeper[/B] and a very smart [B]Pied Monarch[/B]. In the undergrowth I soon encountered some very approachable [B]Grey-headed Robins[/B] and [B]Pale Yellow Robins[/B]. The best spot was down by the creek, where a constant succession of birds came in to drink and bathe in the late afternoon sunlight. Amongst the [B]Grey[/B] and [B]Rufous Fantails, Spectacled Monarchs, Little Shrike-thrushes, Grey Whistlers, Silvereyes[/B] and various honeyeaters were some plain looking [B]Large-billed Scrubwrens[/B] and another female [B]Victoria's Riflebird[/B]. An [B]Azure Kingfisher[/B] came into the creekside scrub. The final new bird of the day was a very attractive [B]Yellow-throated Scrubwren[/B] by the small pool in the orchard. As night fell I could hear some [B]Bush Stone-curlews[/B] in the distance and a [B]Northern Brown Bandicoot[/B] was lurking around the kitchens. [/QUOTE]
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