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Wildlife Bulletin includes a wildlife checklist, which is
completed after every boat tour with Chris Dahlberg on the Daintree River at dawn and a
comment on what the wildlife is doing in and around the Daintree
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Daintree Wildlife Bulletin: 23 Jul 10. Platypus. For only the 3rd time in 20 years has a platypus been sighted in the Daintree River. We were astonished to see this shy creature swim alongside the boat in crystal clear water for nearly 5 minutes. 13 Jul 10. Great-billed Heron, Little Kingfisher, Papuan Frogmouth, Wompoo Fruit-Dove and Little (Gould's) Bronze-Cuckoo headed up a good birdwatching list despite the un-seasonal weather. Good News: The Daintree Riverview Caravan Park has re-opened under new ownership. 8 Jul 10. Great birdwatching morning. Starting off with Great-billed Heron then Black Bittern, Little Kingfisher, Papuan Frogmouth, Little (Gould's) Bronze-Cuckoo, Double-eyed Fig-Parrot, Nankeen Night Heron, Shining Flycatcher, Azure and Sacred kingfisher. 4 Jul 10. Rotten weather but good birds. Great-billed Heron, Little Kingfisher, Papuan Frogmouths and Double-eyed Fig-Parrots proved the most popular. 29 Jun 10. Kingfisher Morning. Six species in fact; Laughing Kookaburra, Blue-winged Kookaburra, Forest, Sacred, Azure and Little Kingfishers made our morning. Some other good birds included Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Cicadabird and Double-eyed Fig-Parrot. 16 Jun 10. Great-billed Heron. We have been going great guns with our rarer birds. Great-billed Heron and Little Kingfisher this morning. 12 Jun 10. Great-billed Heron. Well all good things come to an end. We dipped on the Great-billed Heron today. All was not lost with good views of Azure and Little Kingfishers, Papuan Frogmouths and Double-eyed Fig-Parrots. 3 Jun 10. Great-billed Heron. For the first time ever we had 100% sighting's of Daintree's rarest bird for a whole month. June has started off well with another sighting of a Great-billed Heron and some other hard to find birds; Papuan Frogmouth, Little Kingfisher and Wompoo fruit-Dove. 28 May 10. Great-billed Heron record? We look like having a 100% record of Great-billed Heron sightings for the month of May 2010. Three days to go. 15 May 10. Best birds this morning were; Great-billed Heron, Little Kingfisher, Papuan Frogmouth, Lovely Fairy-wren and Double-eyed Fig-Parrots. 11 May 10. Early birds. Before our 6:30am departure you can spend a little time wandering around the Daintree Village. You will almost certainly see Spectacled Flying-foxes. Black Butcherbirds can be seen around the shops where they pick up insects that have been attracted by the night lights. Check the powerlines for kingfishers. 7 May 10. Great-billed Heron, Black Bittern, Pied Monarch, Fairy Gerygone and some Green Tree Snakes were amongst the highlights this morning. 5 May 10. Great-billed Heron, Black Bittern, Little Kingfisher and Papuan Frogmouth heads up a great list this morning. 2 May 10. Great-billed Heron. In poor weather conditions we did well with some of the more difficult birds. Great-billed Heron, Papuan Frogmouth and a glimpse of a Little Kingfisher were the best.
23 Apr 10.
Great-billed Heron.
Best birds this morning were Great-billed Heron, female Eastern Koel,
Shining Flycatchers and Azure Kingfishers.
17 Apr 10. Birdwatching joy.
Visiting birdwatching were treated to our 3 rarest at dawn on the
Daintree River. Great-billed Heron, Little Kingfisher and Black
Bittern headed up an impressive wildlife list that included a
Saltwater Crocodile, Green Tree Snake and another 4 kingfisher
species.
13 Apr 10. Rainforest specials. Quite a lot of the rainforest special species showed themselves this morning. Victoria's Riflebird, Yellow Oriole, Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Top-Knot Pigeon, Emerald Dove and Pied Imperial Pigeon. Lots of Channel-billed Cuckoos and reptiles are starting to appear as the weather cools. 8 Apr 10. Channel-billed Cuckoos. 50+ Channel-billed Cuckoos cascaded from a big fig tree over the river this morning. It is not a common sight to see so many at once. The river level is still high but expected to go back to normal levels soon. 2 Apr 10. Great-billed Heron, Black Bittern, Shining Flycatchers, Double-eyed Fig-Parrots and Little Bronze-Cuckoos head up this morning's list. The river is still in flood but should be back to normal levels within a day or two. 14 Jan 10. Great- billed Heron. Fine conditions at last and a good run around the river. Best birds were; Great-billed Heron, Black Bittern and Pied Monarch. 11 Jan 10. Great-billed Heron. Lots of overnight rain produced the first flood of the Wet Season. Highlights of this morning's trip were: Great-billed Heron, 25+ Channel-billed Cuckoos, Comb-crested Jacana, Blue-winged Kookaburra, Azure Kingfishers, Yellow Oriole and Wompoo Fruit-Dove.
6 Jan 10.
Great-billed Heron
and great start to 2010. Several Black Bitterns showed themselves
well enough for photographs along with Azure Kingfishers,
Brown-backed and Graceful Honeyeaters. ,
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