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Daintree Valley

http://daintreevalley.blogspot.com

Bird and wildlife sightings, tropical rainforest plants and current events in the Daintree Valley, surrounded by Daintree National Park, Far North Queensland, Australia

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  • Cooktown

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 17:34 in daintree, cassowary, cooktown

    We've just got back from a great little break - things are very quiet just before Christmas so we headed up to Cooktown with our lovely friends, Di and Barry. They have lived in Daintree quite a long time but this was their first visit to Cooktown.W...

  • Water. water everywhere!

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 16:35 in rainforest and dam

    Wonderful, wonderful rain - Saturday night we had 135 mm or almost 5 and a half inches. Very unusual to have this much so early in the season but boy, has it brought the rainforest to life again! It's now 8.30 am and the now-half-full dam is alive ...

  • Sunbirds

    Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 00:21 in birds, olive-back sunbird

    I'm still trying to photograph the elusive Buff Breasted Paradise Kingfishers - birdwatching guests have just spent three days trying to do the same thing, they saw five glimpses and that was it!We've had some wonderful rain in the past few days with...

  • Thump!

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 17:00

    Another 'thump' on the window this morning and there was a very dazed Little Shrike-Thrush lying on the verandah, yet another bird having flown into the glass.I gently picked it up and it sat on my hand for about ten minutes - another photo-opportuni...

  • Rain and Raptors

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 17:09 in birds, pacific baza

    Beautiful rain last night - 24 mm = almost an inch - with some lovely heavy falls and a few more showers predicted. At last the front paddock is green again!Two huge raptors in a tree outside the office the other day - this is one of the Pacific B...

  • RETURN OF THE KINGFISHERS!

    Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 18:02 in birds, buff-breasted paradise kingfisher

    At last the magnificent Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfishers have returned after their winter migration - we have yet to see one but at dawn this morning we heard the first of their distinctive calls. I'll go for a walk round later and hope to spot on...

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5 stars Earth Wise Life Wise

Some of my best memories as a child came from a holiday to the Daintree, incrdible place. Protect it!!

Posted: June 9th, 2009 | More Reviews From earthwiselifewise | Report This Comment

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