The crossing of Moonlight Creek on the northern road accessing Weipa today produced a host of good birds in about 40 minutes:
Shining and Leaden Flycatcher,
Grey and Rufous Fantail,
Red-browed Finch – brightly coloured northern race,
Spectacled Monarch,
Tropical Scrubwren,
Yellow Oriole,
Large-billed and Fairy Gerygone,
Spotted and Graceful Honeyeater,
Little Shrike-thrush,
Spangled Drongo,
and … Tawny-breasted Honeyeater.
Not a bad set of birds for a couple from Grafton, with a few new races.
The Black Butcherbird was heard, but as has been the way for the whole trip, not seen.
Peter and Bev Morgan
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