| | Surfbirds Birding Trip Report: Tropical North Queensland, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Of course, your time wouldn't be complete without a reef-trip and the best one for birders is the MV Seastar II, which offers a boat-trip around the seabird rookery on Michelmas Cay, aswell as snorkelling and scuba-diving. |
 | | Michelmas Cay is packed with Sooty Terns, Common Noddies and Brown Boobies; Frigatebirds sometimes wheel menacingly overhead and a passing Humpback Whale will often complete an idyllic scene. |
 | | Cruising up the coast, Beach Thick-knees drop in to bathe at the mouth of Hartley's Creek, Mangrove Robins can be 'pished' out at Cooya Beach and Wandering Tattlers sometimes frequent the jetty at Rocky Point. |
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