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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Day 13 & 14: Cairns & Port Douglas

 We've seen 168 species so far this trip (only 27 of which I've seen in other countries).  I am very impressed by that number considering we’ve SEEN all of those birds (some birders count birds that they’ve only heard), we haven’t had a guide yet (that changes Sunday when we go on a river cruise) and we haven’t used any playback devices to call birds in.

My life list is up to 1,435.  

Cryptic Honeyeater

Bar-shouldered Dove

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo again, because they
are awesome.

Masked Lapwing up close

Siberian Sand Plover - yes he migrated
all the way from Siberia!
Fairy Gerygone

Orange-legged Megapode eating a mango

Illustrating why it is named the
Orange-legged Megapode

Spectacled Flying Foxes

The tide was way out yesterday and I got to watch
thousands of little crabs running, fighting,
digging and eating.

Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab

Perplexing Fiddler Crabs

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