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
Handprints
Flying Foxes
Beetles In Love
Unidentified Skink - Mount Hypipamee National Park
Unidentified Butterfly
Fish, Animals, People, and, a Space Alien
Deafening Cicada
Naked Dancing People
Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
Olive-tailed Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vielilloti)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris Impavida) - Campbell
Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata)
Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)
Gray-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
Australasian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
Great Crested-Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
White-Capped Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)
Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) - Female
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)
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November 14, 2012 Solar Eclipse with Diamond Ring
November 14, 2012 Solar Eclipse with Diamond Ring
The View From Above
Handprints
Flying Foxes
Beetles In Love
Unidentified Skink - Mount Hypipamee National Park
Unidentified Butterfly
Fish, Animals, People, and, a Space Alien
Deafening Cicada
Naked Dancing People
Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis)
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis)
Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
Olive-tailed Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vielilloti)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris Impavida) - Campbell
Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata)
Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)
Gray-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
Australasian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
Great Crested-Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
White-Capped Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)
Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) - Female
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)
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
- Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
- Hardhead (Aythya australis)
- 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
- White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Cuckoos
(5 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus)
- Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(10 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)
- Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida)
- Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis)
- Wompoo Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
- Torresian Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
- Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
- Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris)
- 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
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
- Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
- 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
- Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Double-eyed Fig-Parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma)
- Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
- Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
- Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans)
- Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
- 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
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
- Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
- Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
- Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
- Family: Grebes
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Nankeen Night-Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Plumed Egret (Ardea plumifera)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
- Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
- Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)
- Family: Jacanas
- Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
- Family: Pelicans
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- 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
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher (Microeca flavigaster)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
- White-browed Robin (Poecilodryas superciliosa)
- Gray-headed Robin (Heteromyias cinereifrons)
- Family: Bowerbirds
- Spotted Catbird (Ailuroedus maculosus)
- Tooth-billed Catbird (Scenopoeetes dentirostris)
- Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana)
- Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)
- Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
- Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
- Family: Drongos
- Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Variegated Fairywren (Malurus lamberti)
- Lovely Fairywren (Malurus amabilis)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Australian Rufous Fantail (Rhipidura rufifrons)
- Gray Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Dusky Myzomela (Myzomela obscura)
- Scarlet Myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
- Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
- Cryptic Honeyeater (Meliphaga imitatrix)
- Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
- Bridled Honeyeater (Bolemoreus frenatus)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops)
- Varied Honeyeater (Gavicalis versicolor)
- Yellow Honeyeater (Stomiopera flava)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
- White-naped Honeyeater (Melithreptus lunatus)
- White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis)
- Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
- Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (Phylidonyris niger)
- Brown-backed Honeyeater (Ramsayornis modestus)
- Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
- Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
- Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
- Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)
- Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae)
- Gray Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
- Black Butcherbird (Melloria quoyi)
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
- Black-faced Monarch (Monarcha melanopsis)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Family: Larks
- Australasian 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
- Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
- Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
- Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
- Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Australian Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus)
- Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi)
- Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula)
- Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)
- Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
- Family: Pardalotes
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Fernwren (Oreoscopus gutturalis)
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis)
- Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra)
- Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza katherina)
- Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
- Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana)
- Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata)
- Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Olive-tailed Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Whipbirds and Wedgebills
- Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
- Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
- Rufous Shrikethrush (Colluricincla rufogaster)
- Bower's Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla boweri)
- Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- 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
- Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Thinornis melanops)
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
- Siberian Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus mongolus)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Bush Thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(2 records)
- Family: Cassowaries and Emu
- Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
- Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
- Order: Tubenoses (11 records)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Gray-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi)
- Parkinson's Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
- Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
- 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
- Spectacled Flying Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)
- Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)
- 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)