Part 3. Final Our fifth day on Cocos was spent on Home Island and it turned out to be one of the most exciting days of the trip. We walked straight to the grounds of the Clunies-Ross Mansion and again had frustrating views of a very elusive hobby. As we continued south along the … Read more
Part 2 – Cocos A short drive on our first afternoon produced over thirty White-breasted Waterhen and even more GREEN JUNGLEFOWL. The following morning we started the day at the local wetlands and within minutes of entering found Australia’s second ever recorded LARGE HAWK CUCKOO chasing a White-phase Eastern Reef Egret along the water’s … Read more
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