zooboy28
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That's an impressive list LD, especially the mammals - I look forward to the photos. I'm now really keen to get up to FNQ.
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That's an impressive list LD, especially the mammals - I look forward to the photos. I'm now really keen to get up to FNQ.
is this the Large-footed Myotis Myotis macropus?
That's an impressive list LD, especially the mammals - I look forward to the photos. I'm now really keen to get up to FNQ.
If and when you do visit Cairns, you should definitely do a Wait-a-while Tour, it was great. I got a fantastic view of the Tree Kangaroos, there was a mother with a fairly old joey trying to suckle and I saw them in daylight in a fairly exposed area where they are apparently resident and almost always seen. The Platypus was awesome too, but when we went to the creek where they live during the daylight I didn't find one and only saw one after dark, but I do have one picture that is just about recognisable as a Platypus.
I have pictures of other stuff as well, but those two were the highlights for me. You'll have to wait a few weeks for the pictures though
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My tour guide just called it a fishing bat, but all of the information he told me about it, and the location and behavior that I saw matches with the stuff in my field guide for the Myotis so I'm pretty sure it is. It also seems like that's the only species with the common name of 'fishing bat' in Australia.
483) Macleay's Honeyeater
484) Atherton Scrubwren
485) Dusky Honeyeater
486) Wandering Whistling Duck
487) Fernwren
488) Intermediate Egret
489) White-necked Heron
490) Nankeen Kestrel
491) Little Friarbird
492) Spectacled Monarch
493) Grey Whistler
494) Forest Kingfisher
61) Little Bentwing Bat
62) Little Red Flying Fox
13) Amethystine Python
I have two skinks to try and ID which I am struggling with despite having a field guide so I may upload pictures a bit later.
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I know you want to see as many bird species as possible, but this is plain cheating
I know you want to see as many bird species as possible, but this is plain cheating
It took me quite a while to work out what you meant! Oops!
Edit: and I've just noticed that I didn't only get the hundreds wrong, I went from 89 to 91 too! I have no idea how I managed to mess that up so badly!
(It seems like in over two months since I last did any maths at school, I have forgotten how to count.
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I saw a similar epic battle last winter. The struggle was enough to panic a whole flock of Brent geese nearby into vacating the area. The Cormorant won and swallowed the eel though it was still shaking its head and swimming oddly for a long while afterward.
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I had a great day today with some birding on the Cairns Esplanade in the morning and evening and the day visiting Michaelmas Cay on the Great Barrier Reef which was awesome with loads of birds and their chicks everywhere.
495) Whimbrel
496) Australian Pied Oystercatcher
497) Red-capped Plover
498) Sacred Kingfisher
499) Common Noddy
500) Sooty Tern
501) Brown Booby
502) Greater Frigatebird
503) Black Noddy
504) Bridled Tern
505) Lesser Crested Tern
506) Lesser Frigatebird
507) Gull-billed Tern
508) Black-fronted Dotterel
509) Varied Honeyeater
14) Green Sea Turtle
Also got a brief view of a sea snake at the surface of the water as we sped past on the boat but only enough to see that it was quite slender with quite bodly contrasting light and dark brown bands. I think probably an Elegant Sea Snake but I can't be sure
Also saw lots of fish, the highlight of which was a Leopard Shark (again seen speeding past on the boat) but I don't have a hope in IDing most of them and I haven't been counting fish so far this year anyway.
I also have two birds that I would like help with IDing if possible: http://www.zoochat.com/674/whimbrel-451848/
http://www.zoochat.com/674/id-451847/
More from the Cairns Esplanade:
510) Sanderling
511) Black-tailed Godwit
512) Little Curlew
513) Bar-tailed Godwit
514) Great Knot
515) Black-necked Stork
516) Curlew Sandpiper
517) Eastern Curlew
518) Double-eyed Fig-parrot
I was very excited about the stork and the fig-parrot, great views of both. I may be able to add a few more things if I can identify them. Currently waiting for a bus to go to Kuranda.
We had a lot of difficulty getting to Kuranda due to the road being completely blocked by an accident for several hours, but I still managed a few birds at Cassowary House after arriving quite late despite being tired and stressed.
519) Rufous Fantail
520) Wompoo Fruit-dove
521) Barred Cuckoo-shrike
522) Yellow Oriole
have you seen (or looked for) the Christmas Island Hawk Owl yet?
523) Victoria's Riflebird
524) Emerald Dove
525) Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
526) Graceful Honeyeater
527) Pied Monarch
528) Varied Triller
529) Grey Whistler
530) Little Shrike-thrush
531) Southern Cassowary
Also have heard but not seen quite a few species including Orange-footed Scrubfowl and Spotted Catbird which I hope to see tomorrow.
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14. Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
15. Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
16. Fox Squirrel Tamiasciurus niger
17. Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
70. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
71. Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttali
72. Northern Raven Corvus corax
73. Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttali
Poorwill is probably one of the coolest species I've ever had the pleasure to see, it was just sitting out on this metal gate... perfectly still and perfectly visible. Of course, right before I got to take a pic, it took off and glided out into the dusk...
3. Western Skink Eumeces skiltonianus
4. Northern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea
Amphibians (3 Species)
1. Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas
2. Pacific Treefrog Pseudacris regilla
3. Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens
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Whew, glad that's cleaned up. Really need to keep up on this more often... Got to see quite a few more special species, including a few I didn't even know were around here.
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