Daintree Valley
Blog URL http://daintreevalley.blogspot.com
Located Daintree, Queensland Australia
Tags Birds, Wildlife, Accommodation, Butterflies, Rainforest, Nature, Lodging, Animals
Birds, wildlife, nature and daily happenings in the Daintree Valley at Daintree Valley Haven, tropical retreat, far north Queensland
Latest Blog Posts
- Sunbirds on Nov 11, 2009 in Olive-back Sunbird Birds
I'm still trying to photograph the elusive Buff Breasted Paradise Kingfishers - birdwatching guests have just spent three days trying to do the same thing, they saw five glimpses and that was it!We've had some wonderful rain in the past few days with...
- Thump! on Nov 3, 2009
Another 'thump' on the window this morning and there was a very dazed Little Shrike-Thrush lying on the verandah, yet another bird having flown into the glass.I gently picked it up and it sat on my hand for about ten minutes - another photo-opportuni...
- Rain and Raptors on Nov 1, 2009 in Pacific Baza Birds
Beautiful rain last night - 24 mm = almost an inch - with some lovely heavy falls and a few more showers predicted. At last the front paddock is green again!Two huge raptors in a tree outside the office the other day - this is one of the Pacific B...
- RETURN OF THE KINGFISHERS! on Oct 28, 2009 in Buff-Breasted Paradise Kingfisher Birds
At last the magnificent Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfishers have returned after their winter migration - we have yet to see one but at dawn this morning we heard the first of their distinctive calls. I'll go for a walk round later and hope to spot on...
- Wallaby family on Oct 25, 2009 in Wallaby
Watching motor racing on the box yesterday afternoon when we looked outside and saw Mum and Joey under the Star Apple tree having a munch on some fallen fruit. Dad was a little way away having a good old scratch! That's him at the bottom too.He was...
- Fresh 'n green again on Oct 20, 2009 in Garden
Such a lovely light outside now in the late afternoon and I just had to grab the camera. After yesterday's showers everything in the garden is fresh and happy again! This is the front corner of our home with the entrance driveway in the background...
- Beautiful rain - and growing chicks on Oct 19, 2009
A lovely rainy day today - almost half an inch which has really revitalised everything. Could do with a lot more but we're grateful for small showers!Lots of furious feeding going on now at the Double-eyed Fig Parrot's nest so the chick(s?) must be...
