Cairns August 2026 V

We went round to the adjacent cemetery as well.

Lots of Rainbow bee-eaters were flying around. 

Straw-necked ibis 

We saw many honeyeaters and our first Double-eyed fig-parrots but they were all tiny birds, which move very quickly, so there are no pics of them 😔

Back in the Botanic Gardens 🌳

Sahul sunbird

Leaden flycatcher

Green oriole (Yellow oriole)

Torresian imperial pigeon

Little pied cormorant

Radjah shelduck

Cairns August 2026 IV

The Cairns Botanic Gardens is a popular place for both the locals and the tourists with all sorts of purposes - jogging, BBQing, walking and of course nature-watching. 

↓ The official info by the Cairns Regional Council

the cairns botanic gardens

Freshwater lake

Pacific black duck

Comb-crested jacana

You can fly!!👍😍

pretending it was a moorhen😆

Kreftt's turtle

Australasian darter

Saltwater creek

Australian brush turkey

Orange-footed scrub fowl sunbathing (ant-bathing?) in the open

Black butcherbird

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Cairns August 2026 III

 A little break in Cairns ☕

Bush Stone-curlews resting during the day

Flying foxes foraging in the broad daylight! 

Figbird (female)

Australian white ibis roost

Lorikeet roost

at sunset

good night 🌙

Georgetown August 2026 IV

The Cumberland Campsite has large lakes surrounded by trees and a bit of grassy area, which is a great habitat for outback specialist birds!

Yellow-tinted honeyeater

Black-throated finch

They were carrying nest materials into the ventilation cap of the loo...

Masked finch

Rufous-throated honeyeater (but many are not rufous-throated!!)

Finally we found one with rufous-throated!

Apostlebirds

Red-backed fairy wren (female)

Red-backed fairy wren (male)

Roost of Flying foxes 🦇🦊

In the garden of a restaurant we popped in for lunch

Little friarbird

Rainbow lorikeet

Even though it was only a one-night tour and we sat in the car for a long time, we were extremely happy that we chose this trip and hats off to our wonderful guide Mr Ota👏👏

Georgetown August 2026 III

Georgetown is one of the well-known places for star-gazing, so we were told.

I have no skill to take good pictures of them but the night sky was just so extraordinary 🌟🌟

After a good night sleep, we went out for another half day of birding in the outback.

Cumberland Campsite used to be a mining community, now is a campsite and a great place for birdwatching.

Cotton pygmy goose

Comb-creted jacana

Australasian darter

White-necked heron

Green pygmy goose (& CC jacana)

Plumed whistling duck

galah

Red-winged parrot

Rainbow bee-eater

An Emu, which we hadn't expected to see, surprised us but unfortunately my camera wasn't ready!