Chris Dahlberg's Daintree River tours. Passenger's photos 2008

Like a hang glider launching off a steep cliff, a Great-billed Heron takes to the skies with it's impressive two metre wingspan.
Another favourite with visiting photographers is the Papuan Frogmouth at left blending in with it's background. Whilst on a family holiday, Tony Whitehead came out at dawn and took lots of wildlife photos for his website: www.wildlight.co.nz 

Birdwatching in Cairns In July 2008 we made a trip to the Cairns region in Queensland.  I first visited this area in the early 90's for the purpose of scuba-diving on the Great Barrier Reef and remember being more impressed by the rainforest and birds than the reef (this takes nothing from the reef which is stunning but I had been expecting that--the rainforest was a revelation).  The main purpose this trip was a family holiday centred around the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest.  This combined with birdwatching and bird photography well as it is a fantastic area for birds>>>

I saw this as it was taken and thought it would be a winner. Firstly the subject is a Wompoo Fruit-Dove, which you are lucky enough to see in the first place and then it was flying towards the camera. Of course the camera couldn't cope with the focus as the subject is moving quickly towards it and it lost a lot of it's impact. Interesting photo by Damo visiting with the Wilson family on 21 August 2008.

Welcome Swallow sitting on the bow.
By Jacques Brisson on 4 Dec 08.

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