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| Victoria's Riflebird - joint BIRD OF THE DAY |
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| Yellow breasted Boatbill - joint BIRD OF THE DAY |
The Rufous Owl was still a no show.....dam!
OK - so much for negativity..... After the debacle of yesterday...
Sorry I'll start again. We went down to the Esplanade this morning searching for some waders and while the tide was falling and the glare disturbing we did see some good new birds; Red necked Stints, Great Knots and Bar tailed Godwits, Whimbrel and Curlew among others. Perhaps best of all was an excitable pair of Beach Stone Curlews.
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| Beach Stone Curlews |
After about 45 minutes or so we drove to the range where we had two brief stops at the two main crater lakes; Lake Barrine and Lake Eacham.
Lake Barrine had a few water birds such as Coot, LB Cormorant and distant white blobs that were in fact about twenty Great Crested Grebes. The rainforest was productive although a few species heard proved difficult to get convincing views of. A Riflebird showed quite well which was great and a Tooth billed Bowerbird off track and noisy proved elusive. Small birds; Large billed Scrubwren and Brown Gerygones were seen as were Little Shrike thrush and Spectacled Monarch.
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| Spectacled Monarch - how you see them... |
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| Spectacled Monarch |
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| Pale Yellow Robin |
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| Pale Yellow Robin on nest |
Lake Eacham is the place to see Pale Yellow Robins and we saw several very well including a nesting bird. Yellow breasted Boatbill were great to see also.
Soon though we made our way to Chambers Rainforest Lodge where we spent the rest of the afternoon birding, loafing before a BBQ meal. Birding highlights included Barred Cuckoo Shrikes, Spotted Catbird, Little Shrike thrush, Topknots and heaps of Brown Cuckoo Doves.
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| Brown Cuckoo Dove |
After dinner we visited the nocturnal viewing area where some sugar gliders were in attendance.
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| Sugar Glider |
The after dinner pool game does not deserve mention.
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