More Daintree passenger's wildlife photos, 2007


	Daintree River tours and cruises passengers photos 2007. The first few wildlife species shown here are common. Jack Volkers, the photographer who took these, made something special out them.

Hard to see Yellow Oriole by Jack Volkers.


	Yellow Orioles are the audio trademark of the wet forests in Northern Australia and beyond. This is the bird with the beautiful rolling call that visitors ask, "What is that bird?" Many leave without seeing it because it lives in the top levels of the rainforest making it hard to see. One of the top ten>>>


	Snakes are hard to photograph, they are long and skinny with the head at one end. This shot by Jack Volkers of a Green Tree Snake is a good result. He also did well with the Yellow Oriole, shown right.

Unusual photo of a Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo.


	Bar-shouldered Dove Next to the boat.


	Welcome Swallows Sitting on the boat.


	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Flying over the boat.

Below are three difficult to photograph and secretive herons.
The shots were taken by photographers whilst passengers on our early morning tour.

Nankeen Night Heron

The night heron, above might be
quite common but you need a boat
to get near them. The Great-billed Heron,
left is not so common but a boat is best
for them too.
Good on you Hughie.

Nice study of a Striated Heron
also by Raymond Heer.

Black Bittern

Great-billed Heron Daintree River.
Great-billed Heron

Hughie Seaborn captured two more secretive herons on 19 May.
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The cryptic nature of Great-billed Herons puts them high on the wish list. Photo by Raymond Heer.

"I'd like to publicly express my thanks and gratitude to Lindsay and Keith Fisher, Trish and Andrew Forsyth, and Chris Dahlberg, who were all instrumental in making my trip North as good as it was and who all helped me find the birds I was looking for. Anyone heading up North would be mad not to stay at Kingfisher Park in Julatten, Red Mill House in the Daintree and do as many morning trips on the Daintree River with Chris Dahlberg as they have mornings in the Daintree."

Alistair McKeough,
Sydney wildlife photographer.
9 Oct 06.

Richard Homburg and Karen Dukes took this shot of an Eastern Water Dragon in Barratt Creek during our early morning tour.
"Chris has an uncanny understanding
of wildlife
and....>>>>

During early July I had the pleasure of having
Bob Steele on the boat for 3 mornings in a row.
Bob is putting together a website of Australian Bird photos>>

Hi Chris, Great to hear from you! Thanks for the link. I still have a bunch of work to do on my Australia pages, but it’s getting there.
When we got home from the trip in mid August, it was shorebird migration time here. A busy time for me!
I’ll add a link to your tour web page the next time I’m working on my site.
Thanks again for the wonderful experiences on your boat. I’ll be back!
Cheers, Bob

Black Bittern taken from a moving boat on 12 Oct by David Handler. If you look carefully you can see part of the orange patch in the throat.


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