Dawn, 6 to 8 am.   HOME
(s = sighting, h = heard, B= before tour, A=after tour)  ** 1st sighting in Daintree Valley by Chris Dahlberg  DECEMBER 2006

   Wildlife Species/Date                    

2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 15th 17th 20th 23rd 27th 29th 30th
Saltwater Crocodile                   sB      
Eastern Water Dragon         s           s    
Green Tree Snake                 s   s    
Spectacled Flying-fox           sB       sB sB    
Orange-footed Scrubfowl sh sB s sB       sh sBh sh h h h
Darter       s s s s s s s s s s
Pied Cormorant             s       s    
Little Pied Cormorant s s s s s s s s s s s s s
Magpie Goose       s s s   h sA        
Days 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 15th 17th 20th 23rd 27th 29th 30th
Wandering Whistling-Duck sh                        
Pacific Black Duck         s                
Hardhead                   s      
Red-necked crake             h            
Bush-hen h   h           hB        
Dusky Moorhen s           s     s     s
Purple Swamphen s   s   s     s   s      
Great-billed Heron   s   s           s      
White-faced Heron s   s s s     s s s s s  
Cattle Egret s s s s s s s s s s s s s
Great Egret         s   s     s s    
Little Egret     s     s     s s s s sA
Intermediate Egret s                 s s    

Days

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Striated Heron                   s s    
Black Bittern s s sh G sh s s s   s s s sh
Australian White Ibis       sA                  
Royal Spoonbill               s   s      
Eastern Curlew                       sh  
Latham's Snipe             s            
Common Sandpiper s   s s s s s s s s s sh  
Masked Lapwing s   s s s s s sh sh s sh sh sh
Black-fronted Dotterel sh   s s s sh s s s sh sh    

Days

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Whistling Kite s sA s             s      
Brahminy Kite                          
White-bellied Sea-Eagle                          
Peregrine Falcon                   s      
Wompoo Fruit-dove   s       sh           sh sh
Days 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 15th 17th 20th 23rd 27th 29th 30th
Pied Imperial Pigeon s s s s s s s s s s s s s
Brown Cuckoo-dove       s h                
Bar-shouldered Dove sh sh sh sh sh sh s s sh s h sh sh
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo **     sh                    
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo sh s   sh     sh     sh      
Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot sh         sh       sh   sh  
Oriental Cuckoo             s     s     s
Brush Cuckoo sh       h h h h   sh      
Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo sh sh   h   h sh h sh sh sh    
Common Koel sh sh sh h sh   sh s s sh sh    
Channel-billed Cuckoo             sh            
Pheasant Coucal   sh s s   sh sh s sh h sh   h
Lesser Sooty Owl                       s  
Papuan Frogmouth s s s s s s s s s s s s s

Days

 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 15th 17th 20th 23rd 27th 29th 30th
White-throated Needletail               sB       sB  
White-rumped Swiftlet s s   s s s s s   s s   s
Azure Kingfisher hB sh sh sh sh sh sh h   sh sh   sh
Little Kingfisher                   sh      
Laughing Kookaburra sh s s   sB sB s hB   shB shB shB s
Blue-winged Kookaburra   h h shB hA   h hB     h    
Forest Kingfisher sh h hsA h sh   sh sBA s sh h h sh
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher     sh h h hB   h h sh h h  
Days 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 15th 17th 20th 23rd 27th 29th 30th
Large-billed Gerygone sh h sh sh h sh sh sh h sh sh h h
Helmeted Friarbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Macleay's Honeyeater     s h       h h sh h h h
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater sh h sh sh h h   h h sh sh h h
Graceful Honeyeater h h sh sh h h h sh sh h sh h h
Brown-backed Honeyeater sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Dusky Honeyeater     s     sh s   h h   sh  
Little Shrike-thrush h sh   h h h h   s h h h h
Days 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 15th 17th 20th 23rd 27th 29th 30th
Leaden Flycatcher           sh              
Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh h sh sh
Spectacled Monarch h             h   h     h
Magpie Lark           s s s     sh   h
Spangled Drongo   sh sh   h s s sh     sh sh  
Yellow Oriole sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh h
Figbird sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Cicadabird             sh h hB        
Varied Triller h h h h h h h h   h h   h
White-breasted Woodswallow sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Days 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 11th 15th 17th 20th 23rd 27th 29th 30th
Black Butcherbird sh sh sh h sh h sh h     h    
Welcome Swallow sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
Tree Martin     s s     s s s s s s s
Richard's Pipit           s     s       s
Clamorous Reed-Warbler   sh   s h     sh     h    
Golden-headed Cisticola h h h h   h h h h h h h h
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin                 sB   s    
Nutmeg Mannikin           sB   sB sB   shB   s
Yellow-bellied Sunbird sh h   h sh h sh sh   h sh sh h
Mistletoebird h