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Mission Bay - Lacey Creek, Australia (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Mission Bay - Lacey Creek, Australia
Map of Mission Bay - Lacey Creek, Australia
Southern Cassowary (
Casuarius casuarius
)
A small rainforest park.
Trips
Eastern Australia
11/17/2012
: We headed down to Mission Beach to make our last-ditch attempt at seeing a cassowary. The lady at our hotel thought that Lacey Creek might be a good spot, but I am not sure if it is any better for finding them or because if has a bunch of informational signage about the cassowary and what it likes to eat.
I had spent a couple of hours here before sunset the previous night walking around in circles on the short nature trail with no luck in finding a cassowary. Now, I found myself here at sunrise of the day I would be leaving Queensland for Sydney.
After walking around the trail a couple more times, I pretty much gave up and went over to look at all the information about the cassowary. For instance, the cassowary has a wicked claw that it can use to tear out your throat if it gets upset. Oh, and they can get up to about six feet high.
Anyway, I finally gave up for good on finding the bird, but as I turned around to go back to the car, there was nothing other than a cassowary on the footpath walking straight toward me! Not wanting to lose all my blood, I stopped in my tracks. The cassowary walked right up to me. It wasn't quite six feet tall but rather a younger bird about three feet tall. The cassowary gave me a "look" then made some gurgling sound and walked away.
Previous Visit (Mamu Canopy Walkway: 11/16/2012)
Next Visit (Redden Island: 11/17/2012)
Species Recorded (6)
Birds ( 5 )
Honeyeaters ( Meliphagidae )
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater -
Meliphaga notata
( Casuariidae )
Southern Cassowary -
Casuarius casuarius
( Megapodiidae )
Orange-footed Scrubfowl -
Megapodius reinwardt
( Aegothelidae )
Australian Owlet-Nightjar -
Aegotheles cristatus
Starlings and Mynas ( Sturnidae )
Metallic Starling -
Aplonis metallica
Lifelists
Australasia
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