Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 107, Issue 11

re birding TI area
Hi Ron
Depending on your access birding is wonderful at Seisa especially in the rainforest.
Check out ebird for Seisa and the area. About 8 yrs since I was there.
Good luck
Joan Wharton

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Today's Topics:

   1. Rainbow Pittas etc (Ronald ORENSTEIN)
   2. Re: Rainbow Pittas etc (Andrew Bell)
   3. Re: Rainbow Pittas etc (Charles Hunter)

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From: Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Rainbow Pittas etc
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Hi all,

I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.

I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.

I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.

Thanks to all –

Ron Orenstein
Mississauga, Canada
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:36:47 +0930
From: Andrew Bell <andrew@bells.id.au>
To: Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rainbow Pittas etc
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Hi Ron
Shouldn't be  too difficult to find a Rainbow P in Darwin at that time, numerous accessible spots where they will be calling
Cheers
Andrew Bell ( Darwin)

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> On 30 Sep 2022, at 2:21 pm, Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.
>
> I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.
>
> Thanks to all –
>
> Ron Orenstein
> Mississauga, Canada
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:16:39 +1000
From: Charles Hunter <ccgfh@yahoo.com.au>
To: Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Rainbow Pittas etc
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Hi Ron,

I?ve always managed to Rainbow Pitta at East Point Reserve (Darwin) at all times of day which is accessible by bus if you don?t have a car. It has several walking tracks through monsoon forest.

A little further out if you have a car is Howard Springs.

Warm regards,
Charles Hunter (Sydney)

> On Sep 30, 2022, at 2:50 PM, Ronald ORENSTEIN <ron.orenstein@rogers.com> wrote:
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> ?
> Hi all,
>
> I will be lecturing on a Viking cruise ship that stops in Cairns on 26 October, Thursday Island on 28 October and Darwin on 31 October. I have not been to Cairns or Darwin since my grad study days in 1973(!), and I have never been to Thursday Island.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any birding hints on the best way to spend the days I have there (given the limited opportunities of a cruise stop), particularly in Darwin where the Rainbow Pitta eluded me on my last visit. Thursday Island does not seem to be a prime birding spot based on what I have read, but I would be glad to hear otherwise.
>
> I would also be glad to hear about the likelihood of interesting seabirds from anyone who has sailed in these areas. Our itinerary involves a straight sea run of twelve days from Honolulu to Cairns, a few days at sea en rout to Darwin, and then on to Bali and Singapore. I am hoping that I might have a chance at some of the gadfly petrels (eg Collared?), or Abbott?s Booby or Christmas Frigatebird en route from Darwin to Bali.
>
> Thanks to all –
>
> Ron Orenstein
> Mississauga, Canada
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