I can back up Frank, have seen the Mangrove Golden Whistler near the old
jetty on two different visits, spring and autumn. Less adventurous but much
cleaner than the Crab Creek mud. Most of the other Mangrove specials also
there, if you spend long enough looking, but had to go to the Derby boat
ramp for Mangrove Robin, which is more accessible at Cairns. Sit on the edge
of the beer garden of the Mangrove Hotel with a scope in the early mornings
when White-breasted Whistlers sing from the top of the mangroves.
Cheers
Michael
> I would recommend left of the old jetty at Chinatown in Broome. Walk
along
> the edge of the mangroves to the left of the jetty as far as you can
easily
> go for about 200 metres. Pish. I had success three times in January /
> February calling in Mangrove Golden Whistler. No problems to do with mud.
>
> Another good place is the boat launching ramp at Derby. Stand at the top
> of the ramp and pish. If you have to go into the mangroves, the mud is
> very very very sticky and you quickly gain a few centimetres in height.
>
> I have seen MGW at the Wyndham wharf, and near Exmouth. I used to see
them
> at the Crab Creek mangroves, and Quarry Beach mangroves along Roebuck Bay
> at Broome, but on the last couple of visits they seem to be much harder to
> find at these sites.
>
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