Trip Report: Eastern Australia (2012-11-05 - 2012-11-25)
November 14, 2012 Solar Eclipse with Diamond Ring
November 14, 2012 Solar Eclipse with Diamond Ring
The View From Above
Deafening Cicada
Fish, Animals, People, and, a Space Alien
Naked Dancing People
Handprints
Flying Foxes
Beetles In Love
Unidentified Skink - Mount Hypipamee National Park
Unidentified Butterfly
Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vielilloti)
Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata)
Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris Impavida) - Campbell
Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)
White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
Australasian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Gray-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula) - Male
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria allax)
Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza katherina)
Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
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November 14, 2012 Solar Eclipse with Diamond Ring
November 14, 2012 Solar Eclipse with Diamond Ring
The View From Above
Deafening Cicada
Fish, Animals, People, and, a Space Alien
Naked Dancing People
Handprints
Flying Foxes
Beetles In Love
Unidentified Skink - Mount Hypipamee National Park
Unidentified Butterfly
Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vielilloti)
Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata)
Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris Impavida) - Campbell
Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)
White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
Australasian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Gray-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula) - Male
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria allax)
Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza katherina)
Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
Trip report of a two week visit to Queensland and the York Peninsula and one week in the Sydney area. The primary reason for the visit to Australia was to witness the November 14, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse.
Sites Visited
Country: Australia
(30 sites)
- Aboriginal Rock Paintings
- Bloomfield Track
- Bondi Beach Coastal Trail
- Cairns Esplanade
- Cattana Wetlands
- Daintree River Boat Trip
- Daintree Village
- Davies Creek National Park
- Katoomba - Blue Mountains
- Keatings Lagoon Conservation Park
- Lake Barrine
- Lakefield National Park
- Lion's Den Roadhouse
- Maitland Downs
- Mamu Canopy Walkway
- Mareeba Wetlands
- Mission Bay - Lacey Creek
- Morton National Park
- Mount Lewis
- Port Douglas
- Possum Valley
- Ravenshoe
- Redden Island
- Royal National Park
- Sydney - Botanical Gardens
- Sydney - Centennial Park
- Sydney - Millennium Parklands
- Wollongong Lagoon
- Wollongong Pelagic Trip
- Yungaburra
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (254 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Malacostracans
(2 records)
- Order: Crabs
(2 records)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Horned Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalmus)
- Family: Soldier Crab
- Light-blue Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus)
Phylum: Chordates
(252 records)
Class: Amphibians
(3 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (3 records)
- Family: True Toads
- Giant Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
Class: Birds
(229 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(12 records)
- Family: Magpie Geese
- Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)
- Hardhead (Aythya australis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
- Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(7 records)
- Family: Bustards
- Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(5 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus)
- Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(10 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
- Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
- Torresian Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
- Wompoo Fruit-Dove (Megaloprepia magnifica)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (6 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(5 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
- Family: Rollers
- Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Order: Owlet-nightjar
(1 record)
- Family: Owlet-Nightjars
- Australian Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (3 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
- Order: Parrots
(11 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
- Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
- Double-eyed Fig-Parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma)
- Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
- Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus)
- Order: Pelicans
(39 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
- Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
- Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
- Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
- Family: Grebes
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
- Family: Herons
- Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
- Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Plumed Egret (Ardea plumifera)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
- Family: Jacanas
- Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Family: Pelicans
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Family: Storks
- Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(99 records)
- Family: Australasian Treecreepers
- White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
- Gray-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons)
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin (Microeca flavigaster)
- White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
- Family: Bowerbirds
- Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana)
- Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
- Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
- Spotted Catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus)
- Tooth-billed Bowerbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
- Family: Drongos
- Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Lovely Fairywren (Malurus amabilis)
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)
- Family: Fantails
- Australian Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
- Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
- Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
- Cryptic Honeyeater (Meliphaga imitatrix)
- Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
- Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
- Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
- Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
- Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Scarlet Myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
- Varied Honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
- White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
- White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops)
- Yellow Honeyeater (Stomiopera flava)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Black Butcherbird (Melloria quoyi)
- Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
- Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
- Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae)
- Family: Larks
- Singing Bushlark (Mirafra javanica)
- Family: Logrunners
- Chowchilla (Orthonyx spaldingii)
- Family: Lyrebirds
- Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
- Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
- Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Australian Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
- Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
- Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi)
- Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
- Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
- Family: Pardalotes
- Fernwren (Oreoscopus gutturalis)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra)
- Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza katherina)
- Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)
- White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
- Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Whipbirds and Wedgebills
- Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Bower's Shrikethrush (Colluricincla boweri)
- Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
- Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- Little Shrikethrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha)
- Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Family: White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
- White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (12 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)
- Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- Siberian Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(2 records)
- Family: Cassowaries and Emu
- Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
- Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
- Order: Tubenoses (11 records)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
- Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
- Gray-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
- Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
- Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Class: Mammals
(13 records)
- Order: Bats
(2 records)
- Family: Old World Fruit Bats
- Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)
- Spectacled Flying Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Order: Diprotodontia (6 records)
- Family: Phalangeridae
- Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
- Family: Rat Kangaroos
- Musky Rat-Kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(2 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Aurochs (Bos taurus)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- Order: Monotremata
(1 record)
- Family: Ornithorhynchidae
- Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Class: Reptiles
(7 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(5 records)
- Family: Agamas
- Australian Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii)
- Family: Coral Snakes
- Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)
- Family: Monitor
- Lace Monitor (Varanus Varius)
- Family: Skinks
- Six-toothed Rainbow-skink (Carlia sexdentata)
- Family: Snakes
- Common Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus)
- Order: Turtles
(2 records)
- Family: Chelidae
- Saw-shelled Turtle (Myuchelys latisternum)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Krefft's Short-necked Turtle (Emydura maquerii)