Observer: Mr. Edgar Archer Dillard III

Number of Species: 144        New Species: 35

Trip:  I was taken around again by Ian Clayton - a good guide and the price was very reasonable. We hit different regions near Townsville with only a little bit of overlap from the previous trip. Again a very good time and we saw many different birds.
 

Grebe, Great Crested Cormorant, Little Pied Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Little Black Cormorant, Great Darter, Australian  Pelican, Australian Goose, Magpie Whistling-Duck, Plumed Whistling-Duck, Wandering Swan, Black Pygmy-Goose, Cotton Duck, Pacific Black Duck, White-eyed Heron, White-faced Egret, Little Egret, Intermediate Heron, Pied Egret, Great Egret, Cattle Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Australian   Spoonbill, Royal Osprey Kite, Australian   Kite, Black Kite, Whistling Eagle, Wedge-tailed Falcon, Brown Kestrel, Australian   Brush-turkey, Australian Buttonquail, Red-backed Coot, Eurasian Brolga Greenshank, Common Lapwing, Masked Gull, Silver Tern, Caspian  Dove, Rock Cuckoo-Dove, Brown Pigeon, Crested Dove, Peaceful  Dove, Bar-shouldered Fruit-Dove, Superb Imperial-Pigeon, Torresian Pigeon, Topknot  Parrot, Red-winged Rosella, Crimson Rosella, Northern Rosella, Pale-headed  Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed  Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Corella, Little  Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Little Cuckoo, Pallid Coucal, Pheasant Swiftlet, White-rumped Kingfisher, Azure Kookaburra, Laughing  Kookaburra, Blue-winged Kingfisher, Forest Bee-eater, Rainbow Dollarbird Pitta, Noisy  Treecreeper, White-throated  Catbird, Spotted Bowerbird, Golden  Bowerbird, Great Fairywren, Red-backed Pardalote, Striated Ferwren Scrubwren, Yellow-throated  Scrubwren, Large-billed Gerygone, Fairy Gerygone, Large-billed  Gerygone, Brown  Honeyeater, Brown Myzomela, Dusky Honeyeater, Graceful Honeyeater, Yellow-spotted  Honeyeater, Lewin's  Honeyeater, Bridled  Honeyeater, Yellow  Honeyeater, White-gaped Honeyeater, Fuscus  Honeyeater, White-naped  Honeyeater, White-throated Honeyeater, Black-chinned Friarbird, Little Friarbird, Helmeted Honeyeater, White-cheeked Honeyeater, Brown-backed Honeyeater, Bar-breasted Honeyeater. Rufous-throated Miner, Noisy Miner, Yellow-throated Flycatcher, Lemon-bellied Robin, Yellow Robin, White-browed  Robin, Grey-headed Whistler, Golden Whistler, Rufuous Shrike-Thrush, Rufous Shrike-Thrush, Grey Chowchilla Whipbird, Eastern Willie-wagtail Fantail, Northern Fantail, Grey  Flycatcher, Leaden  Drongo, Spangled  Crow, Torresian  Riflebird, Victoria's  Woodswallow, White-breasted Woodswallow, Black-faced Butcherbird, Pied Magpie, Australasian  Magpie-lark  Figbird, Green  Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike, White-bellied  Cicadabird, Common  Triller, Varied Starling, Metallic Myna, Common  Swallow, Welcome  Martin, Fairy  Silver-eye Cisticola, Golden-headed Bushlark, Australiasian Sparrow, House Firetail, Red-browed Finch, Crimson Finch, Zebra Finch, Double-barred Finch, Black-throated Mannikin, Nutmeg Munia, Chestnut-breasted Pipit, Richard's Mistletoebird Sunbird, Olive-backed

Podiceps cristatus Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Phalacrocorax varius Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Phalocrocorax carbo Anhinga novaehollandiae Pelecanus conspicillatus Anseranas semipalmata Dendrocygna eytoni Dendrocygna arcuata Cygnus atratus Nettapus coromandelianus  Anas superciliosa Aythya australis Egretta novaehollandiae Egretta garzetta Mesophoyx intermedia Ardea picata Ardea alba Bubulcus ibis Plegadis falcinellus Threskiornis molucca Platalea regia Pandion haliaetus Elanus axillaris Milvus migrans Haliastur sphenurus Aquila audax Falco berigora Falco cenchroides   Alectura lathami Turnix maculosa Fulica atra Grus rubicunda Tringa nebularia Vanellus miles Larus novaehollandiae Sterna caspia Columba livia Macropygia phasianella Geophaps lophotes Geopelia placida Geopelia humeralis Ptilinopus superbus Ducula spilorrhoa Lopholaimus antarcticus Aprosmictus erythropterus Platycerus elegans Platycerus venustus Platycercus adscitus Calyptorhynchus banksii Cacatua galerita Cacatua sanguinea Trichoglossus haematodus Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus Glossopsitta pusilla Cuculus pallidus Centropus phasianinus Aerodramus spodiopygius Alcedo azurea Dacelo novaeguineae Dacelo leachii Todirhamphus macleayii Merops ornatus Eurystomus orientalis Pitta versicolor Cormobates leucophaeus Ailuroedus melanotis Prionodura newtoniana Chlamydera nuchalis Malurus melanocephalus Pardalotus striatus Oreoscopus gutturalis Sericornis citregularis Sericornis magnirostris Gerygone palpebrosa Gerygone magnirostris Gerygone mouki Lichmera indistincta Myzomela obscura Meliphaga gracilis Meliphaga notata Meliphaga lewinii Lichenostomus frenatus Lichenostomus flavus Lichenostomus unicolor Lichenostomus fuscus Melithreptus lunatus Melithreptus albogularis Melithreptus gularis Philemon citreogularis Philemon buceroides Phylidonyris nigra Ramsayornis modestus Ramsayornis fasciatus Conopophila rufogularis Manorina melanocephala Manorina flavigula Microeca flavigaster Eopsaltria australis Poecilodryas superciliosa Heteromyias cinereifrons Pachycephala pectoralis Pachycephala rufiventris Colluricincla megarhyncha Colluricincla harmonica Orthonyx spaldingii Psophodes olivaceus Rhipidura leucophrys Rhipidura rufiventris Rhipidura fuliginosa Myiagra rubecula Dicrurus bracteatus Corvus orru Ptiloris victoriae Artamus leucorynchus Artamus cinereus Cracticus nigrogularis Gymnorhina tibicen Grallina cyanoleuca Sphecotheres vieilloti Coracina novaehollandiae Coracina lineata Coracina papuensis Coracina tenuirostris Lalage leucomela Aplonis metallica Acridotheres tristis Hirundo neoxena Hirundo ariel Zosterops lateralis Cisticola exilis Mirafra javanica Passer domesticus Neochima temporalis Neochima phaeton Taeniopygia guttata Taeniopygia bichenovii Poephila cincta Lonchura punctulata Lonchura castaneothorax Anthus richardi Dicaeum hirundinaceum Nectarinia jugularis

 

Another recent trip is the Hawaii trip
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