re birding TI area
Hi Ron Depending on your access birding is wonderful at Seisa especially in the rainforest. Check out ebird for Seisa and the area. About 8 yrs since I was there.
Good luck Joan Wharton
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Hi all,
I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.
I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.
I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.
Thanks to all -
Ron Orenstein
Mississauga, Canada
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Hi Ron
Shouldn't be too difficult to find a Rainbow P in Darwin at that time, numerous accessible spots where they will be calling
Cheers
Andrew Bell ( Darwin)
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> On 30 Sep 2022, at 2:21 pm, Ronald ORENSTEIN <> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.
>
> I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.
>
> Thanks to all -
>
> Ron Orenstein
> Mississauga, Canada
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:16:39 +1000
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Hi Ron,
I?ve always managed to Rainbow Pitta at East Point Reserve (Darwin) at all times of day which is accessible by bus if you don?t have a car. It has several walking tracks through monsoon forest.
A little further out if you have a car is Howard Springs.
Warm regards,
Charles Hunter (Sydney)
> On Sep 30, 2022, at 2:50 PM, Ronald ORENSTEIN <> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.
>
> I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.
>
> Thanks to all -
>
> Ron Orenstein
> Mississauga, Canada
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