Noisy Pitta
Superb Fairy-wren
Splendid Fairy-wren
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Red-capped Robin
Crimson Chat
Black Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
New Holland Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Bowwers Shrike Thrush
Grey Shrike Thrush
Logrunner
Grey-headed Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Pale Yellow Robin
Leaden Flycatcher
Pied Monarch
Noisy Pitta, above, showed well in the grounds of the Kingfisher Park Birdwatching Lodge. They were heard at other forest locations but only seen here.
Splendid Fairy-wren was only seen at Binya State Forest where a family party proved very difficult to photograph. This 'splendid' male is a fairly heavy crop.
The fairy-wrens are reason enough to go to Australia with this absolute gem, a male Superb Fairy-wren, being widespread and confiding. This bird was at O'Reilly's whilst the following images are all from the lower Capertee Valley
Red-backed Fairy-wren was only seen in the Atherton Tablelands area with the first at Lake Mitchell and this gem from the balcony of the Mareeba Wetlands visitor centre.
The honeyeaters came in various shapes and sizes from the small sunbird like birds through to the large Blue-faced Honeyeaters (below). This being one of the slightly larger species, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (above), was only seen in the dry open forest at Binya State Forest. The Blue-faced were more widespread with this bird along the Mt. Molloy Cycle track.
Noisy Miners were only encountered once I arrived in Brisbane and there on in further south. This confiding bird was at the Daisy Hill Koala Refuge
Eastern Australia - November 2008
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