Passenger's photos for 2009.
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Tristan Norton's dramatic photo of a Great-billed Heron is a contender for 2009 photo of the year. Tristan and Robin Norton were on a special Australian birdwatching trip >

Lance Peters' Black Bittern photo taken 3 December is a contender for 2009 photo of the year.

Eastern Water Dragon by Lars Magnusson on 8 Nov is another contender for photo of the year.

"Crocodile Bird" Great-billed Heron by John Dent, 3 November 2009.
A fine photograph of our most sought after bird.

If there was just one aspect of a dawn river trip on the Daintree that I liked the most then this would be it.
The stillness and solitude is captured here by Greg Plumridge on 14 Apr 09.


A Black-necked Stork makes quite a spectacle as it takes off also on Tuesday April 14. Photo by Jean-Pierre Boizumault
 

 

 

We are looking for a really good photo of the male Shining Flycatcher (left) showing the iridescent orange gape. This photo by Richard Posener Monday 13 April isn't bad. It has captured the upright posture but the gape isn't full. Can you take a photo like this? Maybe, we see Shining Flycatchers a lot but it is a difficult subject because it moves around so much and goes in places where the auto-focus will not necessarily focus on the bird.

Black-fronted Dotterel by Chris Rose on 25 August.

 

Papuan Frogmouths by Chris Rose on 25 August.

 



Tristan Norton reflects on his Australian visit in a trip report on Travellingbirder.com:
 Cairns is an ideal base for trips out to the Barrier Reef as well as the rainforest areas further north. One of the highlights of the entire trip was our morning with Chris Dahlberg on the Daintree River. In a 2-hour boat trip we racked up loads of lifers, many at extremely close-range. Bird of the trip was easily the monster Great-billed heron that flew over the boat at about 10 feet, but we also had great views of Black bittern, Double-eyed fig-parrot, Shining flycatcher, Brown-backed honeyeater and a Papuan frogmouth and chick on the nest.

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