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Where the Kingfishers Are

10,000 Birds

A number of these migrate from New Guinea each year to nest on the grounds of the camping ground, but they can be kind of shy for a bird chosing to nest at a birding Mecca. Patience will get you good looks, and there is something very special about seeing a representative of a group so strongly associated with the almost mythic New Guinea.

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Lake Eacham, Mt Hypipamee and Mount Molloy

10,000 Birds

This huge member of the Australian robin family is really tame in this carpark, making it probably the easiest place n the world to see the species (other than the Tableland it is only found in New Guinea). One final surprise was a Green Ringtail , an endemic possum. They are usually pretty hard to see.

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