Dear Birders I see Christmas Is is topical at the moment, I’m thinking of a visit for a week from 8 April 2011, mainly for seabirds but will try for everything off course. Had planned to do it this year but the flights from KL (travelling from UK) were all cancelled back then. Now flights seem back on from KL I’m assured by the lady on CI tourism office. From a birders point of view is April likely to be any good or any other issues to consider, weather for example? (I won’t get into the politics of lists but surely keeping it on the bird list automatically ups its profile and importance for conservation of the species present otherwise ‘who’ will be interested in the birds any more- same applies to Lord Howe! Same argument for declaring a rare endemic species, call it a race and no body is interested)) Thank you for any info. Matthew Rodgers, UK m.rodgers377@btinternet.com or matthebirder@hotmail.co.uk ============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au
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Below is a link to a trip report from April 2005, which may be of some help.
I put Christmas Island on my ‘Australian Embassies’ list 😉 Never mind the list, Christmas Island is an _amazing_ destination. It’s very easy to bird (exceptionally easy for an island), the snorkeling is fantastic, and the crabs are mind-blowing. (Diving is said to be outstanding but we didn’t go.) The forests look freshly raked and there’s this constant snick-snick-snick sound. Really singular. I’d love to go back and recommend the destination to anyone that can make it there.
Rent a car, drive around, take lots of pictures, have a great time. The seabirds really are astonishingly good – easier to see than on many other island around the world – certainly better than anywhere I’ve seen in the Pacific (but I haven’t been to Midway which is, by all reports, breath-taking with tens of thousands of Albatross.. I think it’s now possible to visit Midway again.) If you’re keen on seabird colonies, the sanctuary on Rota is not that famous for some reason but really excellent.
If you learn more about flights from KL, would you mind posting back to the list? That would be really good news… ===============================
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