Six cars met at the NBC tree
at 05:15. We were hoping for a sighting of Halley’s Comet, but were
disappointed by cloud cover on the horizon. Once in the park, we walked the
ciruit trail to the Raggiana Bird of Paradise display tree (it even has its own
sign!). Three males treated us to a fantastic display, strutting their stuff
for about 45 minutes as the sun came up. When the Raggiana’s ran out of steam,
we continued round the circuit trail, but birds were few and far between. We
heard Wompoo Fruit-Dove and other unidentified species. At the picnic site we
split up, the drivers, including me, going to retrieve their cars from the gate
while the others walked the lookout trail. We returned to the picnic site and
got the barbecue going, seeing White-shouldered Fairy-Wren, White-throated
Honeyeater, Leaden Flycatcher and Spangled Drongo.
Species List:
Wompoo Fruit-Dove,
White-shouldered Fairy-Wren, Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-Shrike, Leadedn Flycatcher,
White-thorated Honeyeater, Spangled Drongo, Raggiana Bird of Paradise 