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Australia's Cape York Specialties Australia’s Cape York Specialties With Naturalist Journeys & Caligo Ventures May 31 – June 9, 2020 866.900.1146 800.426.7781 520.558.1146 [email protected] www.naturalistjourneys.com or find us on Facebook at Naturalist Journeys, LLC Naturalist Journeys, LLC | Caligo Ventures PO Box 16545 Portal, AZ 85632 PH: 520.558.1146 | 800.426.7781 Fax 650.471.7667 naturalistjourneys.com | caligo.com [email protected] | [email protected] We invite you to join Naturalist Journeys, in Tour Summary partnership with Inala Nature Tours, to discover 9-Day / 8-Night Australian Birding & Nature Tour Australia on this Queensland adventure. Australia’s with Steve Davidson isolation and harsh environments have led this $4995 from Cairns continent to produce some of the most unique Airport is Cairns (CNS) wildlife on the planet. Enjoy time searching for koalas, rosellas, bowerbirds, fairywrens, Tour Highlights kookaburras, and lyrebirds. We also explore lush ✓ Explore Iron Range National Park’s forests and beaches at Iron Range National Park and woodlands, teeming with birds and savannas and wetlands at Lakefield National Park. hemmed by white-sand beaches ✓ Look for two members of the riflebird This tour is designed to pair with our Outback family, including the stunning Magnificent Queensland tour, May 21 – 31 and/or our Darwin, Riflebird Kimberly & Kakadu trip June 11 – 19 ✓ Search for nocturnal mammals like Striped Itinerary Possum, Rufous Spiny Bandicoot, and Sugar Glider, as well as birds like Rufous and Masked Owl, Marbled Frogmouth, and Sun., May 31 Arrivals in Cairns Large-tailed Nightjar Welcome to Cairns! If you are just joining us, today ✓ Discover Lakefield National Park as you is an arrival day for you to settle in, unpack, and get look for Emu, Great Bowerbird, Pale- your bearings. The group meets for a welcome headed Rosella, Red-winged Parrot, as well dinner and a tour briefing at 6:00 PM. If you are as Antilopine Wallaroo, Agile Wallaby, arriving from our Outback Queensland trip, you fly maybe even Cape York Rock Wallaby in this evening with your guide after dinner. ✓ Spend time at Kingfisher Park, a hotspot, Accommodations in Cairns (D) home to dozens bird species, including many different types of honeyeaters Mon., Jun. 1 Cairns to Julatten The full group meets up this morning at breakfast. There is plenty to see in and around Cairns—a wealth of tropical habitats here supports one of the richest assemblages of birds and wildlife in Australia. Not far from the town centre are the Botanical Gardens with adjoining wetlands and Naturalist Journeys, LLC | Caligo Ventures PO Box 16545 Portal, AZ 85632 PH: 520.558.1146 | 800.426.7781 Fax 650.471.7667 naturalistjourneys.com | caligo.com [email protected] | [email protected] conservation areas, offering a fine mix of water and bush birds. Australian Brush Turkey, Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Superb and Wompoo Fruit-Doves, Double-eyed Fig Parrot, Australasian Figbird, Black Butcherbird, Green Oriole, the stunning Noisy Pitta and Lovely Fairy-wren may all be seen here as might Spectacled Flying Fox. In the wetlands of the area we search for Comb-crested Jacana, Radjah Shelduck, Green Pygmy Geese, White-browed Crake, and the handsome Crimson Finch. Nearby mangrove habitat is home to Mangrove Robin, Shining Flycatchers, and the odd-looking Beach Stone-Curlew. This afternoon we travel to our accommodation at Julatten. Accommodations at Julatten (B,L,D) Tues., Jun. 2 Julatten Area Today is a full day exploring the Julatten area. Birds here include Golden Bowerbird, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Chowchilla, Bridled Honeyeater, Mountain Thornbill, Fernwren, Bower’s Shrike-thrush, Grey-headed Robin, Atherton Scrubwren, the rare and localised Blue-faced Parrot-finch, Red-necked Crake, Noisy Pitta, Yellow- breasted Boatbill, Graceful, Yellow-spotted, Brown, and Dusky Honeyeaters, Leaden Flycatcher, localised North Queensland race of Bassian Thrush, Grey-headed Robin, Yellow Oriole, Spangled Drongo, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Little Shrike-thrush, Emerald Dove, White-cheeked Honeyeater, Cicadabird, Red-browed Finch, Papuan Frogmouth, and Pale-vented Bush-Hen. Accommodations at Julatten (B,L,D) Wed., Jun. 3 Julatten to Musgrave This morning, if time permits, we travel up the famous Mt. Lewis Road and search for some high-altitude rainforest specialists such as Golden Bowerbird, Tooth-billed Bowerbird, Chowchilla, Bridled Honeyeater, Mountain Thornbill, Fernwren, Bower’s Shrike-thrush, Grey-headed Robin, Atherton Scrubwren, and Blue- faced Parrot-finch. We then travel to Musgrave, our home for this evening. Accommodations in Musgrave (B,L,D) Thurs., Jun. 4 Musgrave and Lakefield National Park Today we have a full day to explore the riches of Lakefield National Park and surrounds. Gallery rainforest, open tropical woodland, grasslands, and extensive wetlands, home to vast numbers of waterbirds, are the main habitats we explore today. With a number of key species in mind we make a pre-breakfast foray for one of our star birds of the trip, the stunning Golden-shouldered Parrot. Interestingly, this endangered and brilliantly colored bird makes its nest in termite mounds, a landscape feature of this area. As with the Iron Range, this area is rich in species, many of which are only (or easiest) found here. Red Goshawk, Black- backed Butcherbird, Bar-breasted, Rufous-throated, Yellow-tinted and Scarlet Honeyeaters, Red-browed Pardalote, the distinctive Cape York race of Brown Treecreeper, Northern Fantail, Emu, Great Bowerbird, Pale-headed Rosella, Red-winged Parrot and Lemon-bellied Flycatcher are all species we may find. Finches Naturalist Journeys, LLC | Caligo Ventures PO Box 16545 Portal, AZ 85632 PH: 520.558.1146 | 800.426.7781 Fax 650.471.7667 naturalistjourneys.com | caligo.com [email protected] | [email protected] are a feature here too, with possible species including the delightful Star Finch and Masked and Black-throated Finches. Wetland species includes the likes of Magpie Goose, Green Pygmy-goose, Radjah Shelduck, Comb-crested Jacana, and Wandering Whistling-duck. We also look for a range of mammals including Antilopine Wallaroo, Agile Wallaby, and if we are fortunate, Cape York Rock Wallaby. Accommodations in Musgrave (B,L,D) Fri., Jun. 5 Musgrave to Lockhart River Today is mostly a day of travel but we do some birding towards Lakefield National Park hoping to pick up any birds we might be missing (such as Red Goshawk) before heading north. Our target for this evening is Lockhart River in the Iron Range National Park. Accommodations in the Iron Range (B,L,D) Sat., Jun. 6 – Mon., Jun. 8 Lockhart River, Cape York Peninsula Iron Range National Park contains the most extensive example of lowland tropical rainforest remaining in the country, and its avifauna is indicative of a time when Australia and Papua New Guinea were connected during the last Ice Age. We spend three days exploring this amazing area. There are around 18 species of bird restricted to the Cape York Peninsula that have more extensive distributions in PNG, and it’s these we Red Goshawk by Alfred Schulte concentrate on while we are here. These birds are as follows: Palm Cockatoo, Eclectus Parrot, Red-cheeked Parrot, Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Green-backed, Tawny-breasted and White- streaked Honeyeaters, Northern Scrub-robin, White-faced Robin, Yellow-legged Flycatcher, Tropical Scrubwren, Frilled-necked Monarch, Trumpet Manucode, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, and the incredible Magnificent Riflebird. Other specialties in this region are almost as good, with birds like Southern Cassowary, Spotted Whistling-Duck(rare), Double-eyed Fig-parrot (race marshalli), White-eared Monarch, White-browed Robin, Sooty and Bridled Terns, Common Noddy, Great Frigatebird, Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Forest Kingfisher, Grey Goshawk, Eastern Reef Egret, Beach Stone-curlew, Grey Whistler, Pacific Baza, the small northern race of Brown Goshawk and Pied Heron. Red-headed Honeyeater, Striated Heron, Large-billed Gerygone, Mangrove Robin, Varied Honeyeater, and Little Kingfisher can be found in the Mangroves in the coastal areas. A night drive with spotlight may reveal Marbled and Papuan Frogmouths, Rufous Owl, Large- Naturalist Journeys, LLC | Caligo Ventures PO Box 16545 Portal, AZ 85632 PH: 520.558.1146 | 800.426.7781 Fax 650.471.7667 naturalistjourneys.com | caligo.com [email protected] | [email protected] tailed Nightjar, Spotted Nightjar, and Masked Owl. There are a few mammal specialties here as well with the chance of Spotted and Common Cuscus, Striped Possum, Northern Quoll, Red-cheeked Dunnart, Rufous Spiny Bandicoot, Red-legged Pademelon, and Cape York Melomys. At night we may be lucky enough to see some of the tube-nosed and blossom-feeding bats around Portland Roads, as well as flying foxes of various species. Some encampments of Little Red and Black Flying-fox can number literally in the millions. Accommodations in the Iron Range (B,L,D) Tues., Jun. 9 Fly Lockhart River to Cairns | Departures This morning you we travel to Lockhart River airport and transfer to your flight to Cairns. The guides say goodbye to you here since they drive back to Cairns in the vehicles over the next few days. On arrival at Cairns airport, transfer to your onward flight home. (B) Cost of the Journey Plan Ahead! Cost of the Journey Protect yourself with Allianz Travel Insurance. Cost of the journey is $4995 DBL / $5520 SGL per Please note, starting in January 2017, person, based on double occupancy, from Cairns,
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