7th August
The group arrived Iron Range, Cape York few hours earlier than plan due to the flight schedule change.
After lunch & checking in to our accomodation, we went to rainforest patch I found recently to get first few species. It didn’t go as plan as the rain got heavy from time to time, we couldn’t go far from the car. However our first bird was a pair of Red-cheeked Parrot perched. How god is that. Soon after we got decent view of Trumpet Manucode, then we flashed something yellow from roadside. It was Yellow-billed Kingfisher. Then male & female Eclectus Parrot circled above us few time. Magic continued, a male Magnificent Rifflebird perched on open dead tree, stayed there for as long as half minutes. Oh something is coming…It’s Palm Cockatoo! and Trumpet Manucode again.
I’m not joking, within an hour, we’ve got a pair of Red-cheeked Parrot, Tawny-breasted Honeyeater, Trumpet Manucode, a pair of Eclectus Parrot, male Magnificent Rifflebird, Yellow-billed Kingfisher and Palm Cockatoo. Lot’s of hugs around. What do I do for another 3 full days?