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Chris Dahlberg's Daintree River Tours wildlife checklist for MAY 2010
 6:30am to 8:30am
s =sighting h =heard G = glimpse B =just before departure & A =just after tour finishes.

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Wildlife Species / Date>>

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8% Saltwater Crocodile                     s  
42% Green Tree Snake     s s s     s   s    
8% Eastern Water Dragon s                      
42% Spectacled Flying-fox sB     sB sB sB sB          
33% Ulysses Butterfly   s   s s           s  
33% Orange-footed Scrubfowl     h   hB   sh sh   sh h sh
75% Australasian Darter     s s s s   sh sh s sh sh
58% Little Pied Cormorant         s s s s s   s s
  Days 2nd 5th 7th 8th 11th 14th 15th 17th 22nd 25th 28th 29th
100% Great-billed Heron s s sh s sh sh sh sh sh sh s s
92% Cattle Egret   s s s s s s s s s s s
  Great Egret                     h  
42% Striated Heron s       s s   s s      
25% Black Bittern   s s         s        
8% Royal Spoonbill s                      
17% Black-necked Stork     s               s  
50% Bush Stone-curlew   s s s s s       s    
83% Masked Lapwing sh sh sh sh sh   sh sh h sh sh sh
 

Days

 2nd 5th 7th 8th 11th 14th 15th 17th 22nd 25th 28th 29th
50% Whistling Kite     s s     s s   sh   s
8% Brahminy Kite             s          
25% White-bellied Sea-Eagle               s s s    
8% Peregrine Falcon s                      
17% Wompoo Fruit-Dove     h     h s sh h      
8% Brown Cuckoo-Dove         hB         h G  
58% Bar-shouldered Dove sh h sh sh sh h h h sh sh h sh
33% Sulphur-crested Cockatoo       sh   sh   sh sh      
83% Rainbow Lorikeet sh sh sh   sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh
33% Double-eyed Fig-Parrot   h Gh sh sh   sh h h h    
8% Little (Gould's) Bronze-Cuckoo   h h h   h h sh h h h h
 

Days

 2nd 5th 7th 8th 11th 14th 15th 17th 22nd 25th 28th 29th
8% Channel-billed Cuckoo hB sh                    
42% Papuan Frogmouth s s         s s       s
42% Australian Swiftlet s s s   s     s        
83% Azure Kingfisher sh sh sh h sh sh sh sh sh h sh sh
58% Little Kingfisher Gh sh   sh     sh sh h   Gh sh
17% Laughing Kookaburra       s           s    
8% Blue-winged Kookaburra                       shB
75% Forest Kingfisher       s s s s s sh s sh s
50% Sacred Kingfisher     s s s       s s   s
50% Rainbow Bee-eater sh h     h sh sh sh sh   s  
  Days 2nd 5th 7th 8th 11th 14th 15th 17th 22nd 25th 28th 29th
8% Lovely Fairy-wren     h       sh       h  
8% Fairy Gerygone     sh       hB          
67% Large-billed Gerygone h h sh sh sh sh sh sh sh h h sh
17% Helmeted Friarbird       h sh h h   s     h
  Macleay's Honeyeater   h h h h h h h h h    
42% Yellow-spotted Honeyeater h h h h sh h sh h h sh sh sh
25% Graceful Honeyeater sh h sh h h h h h sh h h h
33% Dusky Honeyeater hB h G   sh s sh          
33% Little Shrike-thrush h h h h h h sh sh sh h   sh
  Golden Whistler         h              
17% Grey Whistler   h sh       h   h     s
8% Grey Fantail sh   h   h h h h h h h  
  Days 2nd 5th 7th 8th 11th 14th 15th 17th 22nd 25th 28th 29th
  Rufous Fantail         h h   h h h   h
8% Leaden Flycatcher           h       s    
100% Shining Flycatcher sh sh sh Gh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh
8% Spectacled Monarch h h h h h h sh h h h h h
8% Pied Monarch   h sh                  
42% Spangled Drongo   sh sh sh hB h hB     sh sh hB
83% Yellow Oriole h sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh h sh
58% Australasian Figbird     shA s sh     sh sh   s sh
8% Spotted Catbird   h   h h   h h h s h h
8% Varied Triller     sh   h   h     h h  
25% White-breasted Woodswallow   s s sh                
  Days 2nd 5th 7th 8th 11th 14th 15th 17th 22nd 25th 28th 29th
42% Black Butcherbird h sh Gh h sh sh h sAh h h hB  
100% Welcome Swallow s sh sh sh s s sh s sh s s s
17% Tree Martin s                     s
42% Olive-backed Sunbird sh h h sh h sh h h sh sh h h
33% Mistletoebird h sh sh h sh h sh h h h h h
  .................Silvereye...................           h h   h      
  Days 2nd 5th 7th 8th 11th 14th 15th 17th 22nd 25th 28th 29th

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