Other
North Queensland Birdwatching Tours
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Daintree
Boatman Nature Tours (formerly Chris Dahlberg's River
Tours)
Murray Hunt is a professional bird guide who operates
dawn bird-watching cruises on the Daintree River. Specialities
include Great-billed Heron, Little Kingfisher, Black
Bittern, and Papuan Frogmouth. Use of a small open vessel
provides good views of birds and wildlife.
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Fine Feather
Tours
Del and Pat Richards are based in Mossman, North Queensland,
between Port Douglas and the Daintree River. Their tours,
which operate daily, visit up to eight different habitats.
North
Queensland Bird-orientated Accommodation
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Kingfisher
Park Birdwatchers Lodge
Offers self-contained units and bunkhouse accommodation
in a rainforest setting close to Mt Lewis, which is
famous for highland rainforest birds like Golden Bowerbirds
and Blue-faced Finches. The park itself also offers
lots of birds, including Red-necked Crake and in summer,
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfishers. Email: sootyowl@bigpond.com
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Atherton
Tablelands Holiday Guide -
Holiday and Information Network
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Red Mill House
- Daintree Village
Long established Daintree birdwatching accommodation.
Red Mill House in Daintree Village is owned and operated
by two enthusiastic birdwatchers with good local birding
knowledge. Deluxe, air-conditioned accommodation renowned
for it’s cooked breakfasts and excellent service.
Easy access to Daintree River and a short drive to the
Daintree National Park. Excellent birdwatching opportunities,
either escorted or independent, in a well known birding
area.
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The Canopy
Tree Houses
A private wildlife sanctuary of 100 acres of
ancient rainforest. With a conservation status of Endangered,
this Complex mesophyll vine forest - type 1B with 2
kms of river frontage, is an established habitat for
numerous rare and threatened species including the Cassowary
and Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo, Green Ringtail Possum.
Only 90 minutes from Cairns, on the Atherton Tablelands.
Accommodation is provided in self-contained luxury pole
houses with double spas, overlooking the Ithaca River,
and one can enjoy close encounters with the likes of
Victoria's Rifle Birds, Macleay's Honeyeater, King Parrots,
Emerald Doves, then of course look a bit deeper and
see Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Atherton Scrubwren and Lesser
Sooty Owl, to name but a few. Walking trails and Fauna
list compliment the experience.
A comfortable luxury vehicle is available for tours
and transfers. Professionally guided spotlighting tours,
or free platypus spotting tours are available. Assisted
Wheelchair access in one Rainforest Cottage. Advanced
Ecotourism Accreditation.
Hosts: Sandra & Harry Walker
Address: Hogan Rd, Tarzali (near Malanda) Qld
Phone: 61 7 4096 5364
Fax: 61 7 4096 5380
Email:
stay@canopytreehouses.com.au
Web:
http://www.canopytreehouses.com.au/
Other
Australian Birdwatching Related Sites
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Graeme Chapman's
Web site, one of Australia's best bird photographers!
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John Young
Wildlife Enterprises
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Tony Palliser's
Pelagic Birding Homepage
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Kimberley
Birdwatching
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Little
Desert Nature Lodge & Tours near Nhill,
Vic
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David Stewart's
Nature Sound Wildlife CDs and Cassettes
David Stewart has a large collection of Australian Wildlife
sounds, mainly calls of birds and frogs. His commercial
productions include a CD of Subtropical Rainforest sounds
with animals indexed, 2 CDs of frog calls, 3 cassettes
of bird calls and 3 cassettes of frog calls.
He
can also provide calls of many other Australian birds,
frogs and mammals and stereo atmospheres on request.
http://www.naturesound.com.au/
email address: davidstewart@naturesound.com.au
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Lloyd Nielsen's Birding Australia
Lloyd Nielsen, a Life Member of Birds Australia, offers
his unique directory Birding Australia (published annually
in two editions ~ one for international birders visiting
Australia, the other for Australians birding at home),
as well as carefully selected, competitively priced
bird song CDs, national and regional field and site
guides and other products designed for birders. Download
an Australian Checklist.
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Australian Birding
(Birding-Aus)
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Birds Australia
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Birding
Western Australia
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'Destination Management'
- International
Nature and Birdwatching Tours
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Eyre
Bird Observatory
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Birds Australia group
of WA
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Bayside
branch of BOCA
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Canberra Birds
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Where
to find birding tours, trips, guides and lodging in
Australia, New Zealand & Oceania
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Southern
Oceans Seabird Study Association (SOSSA)
International
Birdwatching Related Sites
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Handbook of the Birds
of the World
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Oriental
Bird Club
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African Bird
Club
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Neotropical
Bird Club
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ABA (American
Birding Association)
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Birdnet.de
- die
deutsche Plattform für Birder und Ornithologen
- mindestens tagesaktuell...
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Vogelruf (in
German / in Deutsch)
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birding.com
- Birds & bird related topics of North America
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Boute Expeditions
- Birdwatching, Natural History Tours & Photo Safaris
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Aviscience
- a scientific source for birders and ornithologists
around the globe
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Travellingbirder.com
- Internet portal to bird travel and birding trip reports
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Dean Birders
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Guided
Birdwatching Index to
find all the birding guides in the world, professional
or amateur.
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Hummingbird
Gardens -
Herbs and Flowers for Hummingbirds.
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