Saturday, October 19, 2019

TRIP 2 - THE SUMMARY


The second trip has been completed and despite a few small reservations I think that it went very well. Thanks are due to the participants whose enthusiasm and energy and patience were very much appreciated. Thanks are due especially to Steve Grainger for his leadership, experience and endurance! I truly hope to have the opportunity to travel with you all again.

On this trip we saw   - [06/10]a great range of bird species – 277 to be exact. [The first group scored some 261]
For a quick qualitative description of our trips birds I will present two pieces of information.
First the list of Birds of the Day. Every day each person voted for their bird of the day – the criteria being determined by each person.

Day 1  - [06/10] - Rufous banded Honeyeater
Day 2   - [07/10] - Papuan Frogmouth
Day 3   - [08/10] - White-streaked Honeyeater
Day 4   - [09/10] - Double eyed Fig Parrot
Day 5   - [10/10] - Frill necked Monarch
Day 6   - [11/10] - Yellow legged Flycatcher
Day 7   - [12/10] - Golden shouldered Parrot
Day 8   - [13/10] - Black throated Finch
Day 9   - [14/10] - Barking Owl
Day 10   - [15/10] - tie - Fernwren & Chowchilla
Day 11   - [16/10] - Little Kingfisher
Day 12   - [17/10] - Plumed Whistling Duck
Day 13   - [18/10] - Golden Bowerbird
Day 14   - [19/10] - Black Bittern
Day 15 - [20/10]  - TBA

At the end of the trip we determined the birds of the trip. Each person had to nominate their best three birds in order. Each bird was given points 3 for their best, 2 for their second best etc. After all nominations scores were determined for each nominated bird.

So the birds of the trip;
1. Golden Bowerbird
2. Golden shouldered Parrot
3. Double eyed Fig Parrot
3. Frill necked Monarch
5. Yellow billed Kingfisher
5. Palm Cockatoo
5. Black breasted Buzzard
5. Black throated Finch
9 . Northern Scrubrobin
10 Spotted Catbird
10 Little Kingfisher
10 Red cheeked Parrot
10 Black Bittern
10 Pale-vented Bushhen
10 Barking Owl


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