The first Dollarbirds arrived in the ACT three weeks ago, so presumably those
intending to migrate furthest south start earliest and those intending to stay
north can afford to linger longer in PNG.
John Leonard
> On 23 Oct 2017, at 7:49 PM, martin cachard <> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> yes, I've often wondered the same thing with passerines, and with other birds
> like Dollarbirds, kingfishers, bee-eaters etc...
>
>
> we've had Dollarbirds come through via the tablelands and more inland about 2
> weeks ago, but none coastal here until now.
>
>
> cheers,
>
>
> martin cachard,
>
> solar whisper wildlife cruises, daintree river,
>
> & trinity beach, cairns
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Paul Doyle <>
> Sent: Monday, 23 October 2017 5:38 PM
> To: 'martin cachard'; 'Birding Aus'
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Wet Tropics migrant bird movements
>
> Hi Martin,
> I've had Dollarbirds (harassed relentlessly by Noisy Miners) hanging around
> my place in Como (Southern Sydney) since about last Thursday or Friday.
> So presumably they would have passed by your place quite some time ago.
> Which made me think, anyone know how quickly migrators e.g. Dollarbird move?
> How far would they go in a day?
>
> Paul.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
> martin cachard
> Sent: Monday, 23 October 2017 2:10 PM
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Wet Tropics migrant bird movements
>
> for the past 7 days I have witnessed southward bound Spangled Drongos
> between Cairns and the Daintree River on migration. they are following the
> coastline.
>
> what is remarkable is the sheer numbers of birds involved. most are seen
> between 6am-9:30am, and every time I look skyward at theses times on the
> coast I see them. on one occasion I counted 500 birds pass directly overhead
> in a 20 minute period. I would imagine there would have been tens of
> thousands making this trip.
>
> has anyone else up this way witnessed this?
>
>
> my first Dollarbirds for the coast this season were seen last evening, and
> my first Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfishers were heard this morning.
>
>
> also of note, was a single Cicadabird of the southern race 'tenuirostris'
> heard this morning at Wonga Beach, obviously on-passage southbound. this
> race has a very different call to our local Cicadabird, and it occurs on
> passage on our humid coastline here only at this time of year, and in
> April/May when heading northbound.
>
>
> cheers,
>
> martin cachard,
>
> solar whisper wildlife cruises, Daintree River,
>
> & Trinity Beach
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