Far North Queensland Bird Gallery A few days in Cairns acclimatising then 11 days venturing far into Cape York in the heat of late October - Cooktown, Coen, Musgrave, The Iron Range, Moreton and finally Weipa. Over 180 bird species were seen plus crocs, gorgeous scenery, lots of sunshine, comfortable accommodation and good company - images are here. |
Apostle Birds | Australian Brush-turkey | Banded Honeyeater | Black-backed Butcherbird | Black-breasted Buzzard | Brahminy Kite |
Black-fronted Dotterel |
Blue-winged Kookaburra |
Broad-billed Sandpiper |
Brown Goshawk |
Australian Bustard |
Crimson Finch (race evangelinae) |
Eastern Curlew | Eastern Reef Egret | Golden-shouldered Parrots, #2, #3 | Graceful Honeyeater | Grey-tailed Tattler | Gull-billed Tern |
Helmeted Friarbird, feeding | Lesser Sand Plover | Large-billed Gerygone | Magnificent Riflebird | Magpie Geese, another | Mangrove Robin |
Marbled Frogmouth | Masked Finch | Metallic Starling | Northern Scrub-robin | Olive-backed Sunbird | Orange-footed Scrubfowl |
Palm Cockatoo | Papuan Frogmouth | Rajah Shelduck | Red-tailed black Cockatoo | Rufous-banded Honeyeater | Spangled Drongo |
Spectacled Monarch | Spotted Whistling duck | Star Finches | Tawny-breasted Honeyeater | Terek Sandpiper | Tropical Scrubwren |
Varied Honeyeater | White-faced Robin | White-streaked Honeyeater | White-throated Gerygone | Wompoo Fruit-dove | Yellow Honeyeater |
Yellow Oriole | Yellow-billed Kingfisher | Yellow-breasted Boatbill | Yellow-legged Flycatcher | Bar-tailed Godwit | Bush-stone Curlew |
Pacific Golden Plover | Long-tailed Nightjar | Leaden Flycatcher (f) |
Images © Russell Cockman |