Advertisement: Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren tour: 5 June 2016

Mitchell Plateau charter for Black Grasswren 5 June 2016 As per previous years, Australian Ornithological Services runs a one-day charter to the Mitchell Plateau at the end of our Top End tour. It involves fixed-wing to the Mitchell Plateau airstrip and then helicopters to the campground. This day is not part of our commercial Top End tour in that we don¹t charge our Top End participants, or the Œoutsiders¹ who elect to join them, any professional guiding fee for the day, indeed, it is more often than not, subsidized by AOS. The cost of the charters is divided among those participating. If we get ten birders going, the cost will be around $950 each. The benefit to AOS is that with others sharing the charter costs, it lowers the cost for our Top End participants. The plane booked is a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (13 seats) and the helicopters are six-seat LongRanges. Depending on final numbers, we may take a smaller plane. Payload prohibits us taking more than ten birders. Black grasswren, Kimberley honeyeater, and the yellow-eyed form of partridge pigeon are the key birds for the day. It¹s also a spectacular flight. At this point, we’ll take four non-Top End tour participants’ names for the Mitchell Plateau charter. http://www.philipmaher.com/TopEnd2016itinerary.html Regards Patricia Maher http://www.philipmaher.com/LatestNews1htm.htm — Australian Ornithological Services P/L P.O. Box 385 South Yarra 3141 Victoria Australia Telephone: 0417310200 http://www.philipmaher.com