I was in Cairns for work purposes last week. The tides were no good
for wader watching during my free time there, but I did come across a
flock of Fig-Parrots on the Esplanade on Thursday morning.
The thing that interested me was the contrast between the fates of
macleayana and coxeni. While the latter taxa has largely disappeared
[due to vegetation clearing], the former is thriving and has moved
into suburbia. Even more interesting, the tame individuals that I
photographed at close range were feeding on the flowers of [what
appeared to me to be] an exotic tree.
I had some time off for good behaviour after my work was finished, so
drove up to Kingfisher Park. There I was able to catch up with the
ubiquitous "white-tailed tropicfishers" [very striking in flight] as
well as the elusive "green pimpernels" on Mt Lewis. It was actually
quite busy on Mt Lewis, and I was joined by Brian Venables as I was
staking out "the clearing". A group of hard-charging birders
[possibly a twitchathon team from NSW] arrived at the Park last night
and were due to hit the mountain today.
Regards, Laurie
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