Christmas Island and Cocos-keeling Islands Birding Trip Report Nov-Dec 2011. PART 4 (Final) Our final full day on the island continued to produce more mega vagrants. The first one came before breakfast when we located a EURASIAN TEAL in the wetlands which was possibly the same bird as last year. Certainly … Read more
Christmas Island and Cocos-keeling Islands Birding Trip Report Nov-Dec 2011. PART 3 Arriving on Home Island, we walked to the Clunies Ross mansion and as we entered the grounds, three light brown passerines flew off the ground into the nearby trees. We surrounded the trees and had only fleeting glimpses as … Read more
Christmas Island and Cocos-keeling Islands Birding Trip Report Nov-Dec 2011. PART 2 The next morning we visited the rubbish tip and located a very elusive GREY WAGTAIL and later found six Java Sparrow near Poon San and two Red Junglefowl on the Greta Beach track, finishing the day once again on … Read more
Christmas Island and Cocos-keeling Islands Birding Trip Report Nov-Dec 2011. Dates: 26 Nov to 10 Dec (14 days) Guides:Richard Baxter, Mick Roderick and Damian Baxter Itinerary:Seven days CI, followed by seven days Cocos (14 days) It had been twelve months since our incredible Nov-Dec trip in 2010, on which we found twenty … Read more
A single Asian Dowitcher was observed by myself and my partner Kristy today on a beach to the north of Weipa near the Pine River. The bird was with BT Godwits, some Great Knots and Grey Plovers. Kristy got plenty of photos and for those interested, email me and I can forward them on. =============================== … Read more