On Black Bittern, the Hon. Tom Pauling rang the other night to say that a
bird resembling this species turned up on the balcony of Government House,
Esplanade. I'm awaiting a longer description by email.
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on 20/5/10 11:44 AM, Chris at wrote:
> Hi Jeremy, I would say your best bet for Little Kingfishers is Yellow
> Waters, though Howard Springs can sometimes be good. Do the cruise if
> you can at YW as this will give you your best shot, and also a chance
> at Black Bittern and Great-billed Heron. If you want the Grasswren
> you will need to be quite prepared, with lots of water and information
> on where to go. It can be easy to get lost and dehydrated up there so
> make sure you plan carefully. Finally, my experience with the Rufous
> Owls is that they can be easy sometimes, and impossible others. It
> highly depends on which trees they pick to roost in along the
> rainforest walk. I would say it is worth a go though.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> Ps. Sorry about the truncated email earlier, a careless slip of the
> finger!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 19/05/2010, at 8:55 PM, Jeremy Weiss <>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> First I want to thank everyone for the great advice I got for my
>> trip to
>> North Queensland at the end of February. Easily the best trip of my
>> life,
>> photographing Azure Kingfishers along the Daintree river was
>> incredible.
>>
>> Now I'm going to be in the Northern Territory in June from the
>> afternoon of
>> the 13th to the morning of the 19th. I thought I'd get some feedback
>> on
>> locations and where to see birds.
>>
>> My main target is the Little Kingfisher which I managed to miss
>> while in
>> Queensland :/
>>
>> Right now the plan is to spend:
>> Sunday night in Darwin
>> Monday morning looking around Howard Springs then exploring the
>> Darwin area,
>> maybe going to Buffalo Creek.
>> Then on to Jabiru, arriving there Monday night.
>> Spend Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night in Jabiru
>> Spend Thursday and Friday nights at Eden near Fogg Dam, leaving
>> Darwin early
>> Saturday morning.
>>
>> I just wanted to make sure of a few things before locking it down.
>>
>> First, is the Rufous Owl in the Darwin Botanical Gardens fairly easy
>> to
>> find?
>> It's the main reason for the first night in Darwin otherwise I would
>> go
>> straight to Jabiru and just see Howard Springs on the Friday.
>>
>> Also I don't really know that much about the Kakadu area, is it best
>> just to
>> take random walks in the area? I was thinking of visiting Gunlom
>> falls,
>> maybe looking for the White-throated Grasswren but if there aren't
>> many
>> other birds in that area I might skip it.
>>
>> Next, what's the best place for Little and Azure Kingfishers? I've
>> read some
>> trip reports and Fogg Dam and Howard Springs both seem to have them,
>> just
>> wondering how likely I am to find them in either spot.
>>
>> And finally is the Yellow Waters river cruise worth taking? Again
>> mainly got
>> Kignfishers on the brain :P
>>
>> Thanks for any advice, I know I'm asking a lot but the North
>> Queensland trip
>> was so good, it set the bar pretty high for me :)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jeremy
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