Hello,
My sister and I are beginning to plan a month-long trip to
Australia, probably starting the last week in February. She's
not a birder, so this isn't a birding trip as such, but she
likes the outdoors and natural history in general and will
indulge my desire to go birding to some extent as long as I
don't get obsessive about it. Our general plan is to make a loop
around the eastern half of the country, spending up to several
days in each area, travelling partly by train, partly by plane
and renting cars here and there as needed. We're looking at
something like Sydney - Brisbane - Cairns - Darwin - Alice
Springs - Adelaide - Melbourne and back to Sydney. We may skip
Brisbane. I'd like to go to Tasmania too, but I don't think
there will be time for that. So far we've decided to go to
Phillip Island and Michaelmas Cay.
My question at this point is what locations should I consider to
be "must-sees" at that time of the year as far as birding is
concerned? I'm trying to get a handle on how we should split up
our time. I want to see as wide a range of Australian birds as
possible given the amount of time we have to work with. If I see
rarities along the way, that will be nice, but I don't want to
spend a lot of time looking for specific birds unless there is
something special about them. (Advice on which species are
special enough that I should make a point of trying to see them
would be appreciated too. I'm a bit overwhelmed paging through a
field guide that features well over 700 species that I haven't
seen, many of them belonging to families of birds I'm not even
familiar with.)
Thanks to anybody who can make suggestions.
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Katrina Knight
Reading, PA, USA
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