AUSTRALIA - HOLIDAY/RECCE TOUR - DAY 40 - NOV 5TH - BINNA BURRA

BINNA BURRA TO NOOSA HEADS (MARCUS BEACH)

Our short stay in the mountains at Binna Burra came to an end this morning but before we left I went out for an early morning walk. I checked the Satin Bowerbird's bower and he was still in attendance and I got lovely views of the outrageous  Rainbow Lorikeets nectar-feeding in the Gravillea and Bottlebrush bushes.



RAINBOW LORIKEET

I walked the tracks that I covered with Barry yesterday hoping for something new, I had really good views of Logrunner, Rufous Fantail, Yellow Robin, Eastern Whipbird, Wompoo Pigeon, Green Catbird and Brown Thornbill  before I started my return journey. I was about to photograph a Pademelon when a pigeon walked across the track. I 'binned' it and realised that it was a species I'd not seen before. I quickly got off some shots and from them I could see it was a Wonga Pigeon, another lifer! Hooray!

finally a WONGA PIGEON in the bag!

the book says "often seen on the ground"  --   touché

We had decided not to return to the Gold Coast for the last 3 nights of our trip, we both really disliked it there, so we booked another apt. back up in the Noosa area where had previously visited and really enjoyed.

We spent the rest of the day travelling there and loafing on the beach, our new apt was just yards from a white sand beach, perfect for us. I never went birding except for a walk around the garden and into some woods. I finally caught up with Cicadabird, having had many glimpses of it in the last few weeks I finally 'nailed' it and put it on the list.

278 - WONGA PIGEON
279 - CICADABIRD