After a full month on Christmas Island and the Cocos keeling Islands I’m finally home in Byron Bay. I’ve compiled a combined list of all the vagrants seen on both tours on both islands, which includes some of the regular migrants and a few Mega’s! 24 in total. This list is a good indication of some of the vagrants we’ll see on our Feb 23rd 2015 tour.1. Red Turtle Dove – Settlement Christmas Island. 2. Red-rumped Swallow – Settlement Christmas Island. 3. Black-nest Swift – Christmas Island (Swift Alley) 4. House Swift – Christmas Island (Swift Alley) 5. Japanese Sparrowhawk – Home Island Cocos Keeling Islands 6. Malay Night Heron – Christmas Island (The Dales) 7. Common Teal – West Island Cocos keeling Islands 8. Blue and White Flycatcher– West Island Cocos keeling Islands 9. Eurasian Hobby – Direction Island Cocos keeling Islands 10. Western Reef Egret– West Island Cocos keeling Islands 11. Saunders’s Tern- South Island Cocos keeling Islands 12. Asian Koel – West Island and Home Island Cocos keeling Islands 13. Chinese Sparrowhawk– West Island and Home Island Cocos keeling Islands 14. Javan Pond Heron – Home Island Cocos Keeling Islands 15. Chinese Pond Heron – Home Island Cocos Keeling Islands 16. Blythe’s Swift– West Island Cocos keeling Islands 17. Red-throated Pipit– West Island Cocos keeling Islands 18. Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo – West Island and Home Island Cocos keeling Islands 19. Pin-tailed Snipe – West Island and Home Island Cocos keeling Islands 20. Yellow Bittern – Home Island Cocos Keeling Islands 21. Watercock– West Island Cocos keeling Islands 22. Large Hawk Cuckoo – Home Island Cocos Keeling Islands 23. Possible Himalayan Cuckoo– West Island Cocos keeling Islands 24. Eurasian Wryneck– West Island Cocos keeling Islands Richard BaxterBirding Tours Australia
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