Hi Steve,
We too were up at Iron Range around that time (Aug 21-28) see D Kowalick's
report - Sept 18.
Armed with Tim Dolby's "Kid in the Lolly shop" report we envisaged driving
up to the first patch of rainforest in Iron Range, pulling out the deck
chairs, putting on the billy, ticking all the targets, and swapping our
still warm cuppa for a celebratory brew!
Unfortunately we were somewhat deflated in our enthusiasm, but only for a
moment as we kicked in to 4 days of "Kid on an egg hunt on Easter Sunday"
mode and slowly and painstakingly started pegging back these truly amazing
birds in an idyllic setting where one "just enjoyed the privilege of being
there".
Awesome
Steve Potter
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We had booked three nights at Cook's hut camp ground . It has four spots but
there was only one other group there, a birding couple from Victoria. I had
long imagined what birding at Iron Range would be like and was drooling at
the prospect of up to 20 possible lifers. As it turned out the birding was
more difficult than I had expected, in part because of the weather
conditions. Whilst it remained fine, there was a strong wind blowing
throughout all the days we were there, making it difficult to spot bird
movement in the canopy (that's the excuse I've decided on anyhow).
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