Cairns

[Phil & Sue Gregory <>]

Asian Dowitcher and 2 Broad-billed Sandpipers at the Esplanade Dec 27,  
and some Townsville birders reported 2 Long=toed Stint the day before,  
with no sign next day (of course- it's like a curse here, the exotic  
rarities get seen or claimed by visitors and none of the locals get to  
see them.....)
There is a Red-footed Booby at Michaelmas Cay too.

The newly opened Cattana wetlands near Smithfield north of Cairns  
looks promising, we saw a few Green Pygmy Geese, Magpie Goose, Little  
Bronze-Cuckoo and heard Channel-billed, also Pacific Baza and nesting  
Shining Flycatcher.
Good birding for 2010

Phil Gregory
www.cassowary-house.com.au
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