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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480522003321

Autore

Taylor Sue <1949->

Titolo

Best 100 birdwatching sites in Australia / / Sue Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney : , : NewSouth Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-74224-648-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

598.0994

Soggetti

Bird watching

Bird watching - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Broome; Werribee sewage farm; Cairns; Macquarie Island; Chiltern; Lamington National Park; Mallacoota; Julatten; Townsville Town Common Conservation Park; Wollongong pelagic; Darwin; Ash Island; Lake Argyle; Kooyoora State Park; The Rock Nature Reserve; Banyule Flats Reserve; Eaglehawk Neck pelagic; Kakadu National Park; Houtman Abrolhos; Cheynes Beach; Christmas Island; Phillip Island; Terrick Terrick National Park; Daintree River cruise; Fogg Dam; Gluepot Reserve; Iron Range National Park; Gipsy Point

Parrys LagoonKangaroo Island; You Yangs Regional Park; Hasties Swamp; Mareeba Tropical Savanna and Wetland Reserve; Knuckeys Lagoon; Waychinicup National Park; Cape York; Kinchega National Park; Stockton Sandspit; Comerong Island Nature Reserve; Fitzgerald River National Park; Birdsville Track; Green Cape (Ben Boyd National Park); Kununurra; Port Fairy pelagic; Cumberland Dam; Barren Grounds Nature Reserve; Port Augusta; Capertee Valley; Mission Beach; Bunyip State Park; Serendip Sanctuary; Lake Gilles Conservation Park; Bruny Island; Wonga Wetlands; Cabbage Tree Creek Flora Reserve

Strzelecki TrackTower Hill State Game Reserve; Tarra-Bulga National Park; Barrington Tops National Park; Lord Howe Island; Buffalo Creek; Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park; Hattah-Kulkyne National Park; Fivebough Swamp, Leeton; Little Desert National Park; Sturt National Park; Norfolk Island; Lake Cargelligo sewage treatment works; Innes



National Park; Bool Lagoon Game Reserve; Wyperfeld National Park; Round Hill Nature Reserve; West MacDonnell National Park; Kalbarri National Park; Lake Bindegolly National Park; Adelaide River Crossing; Lakefield National Park; Mitchell Plateau; Rutherglen

KatherineAbattoir Swamp; Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve; Wilsons Promontory National Park; Cootamundra; Cowra; Royal National Park; Winton Wetlands; Sale Common State Game Refuge; Bronze wing Flora and Fauna Reserve; Rottnest Island; Mount Field National Park; Mogareeka Inlet; Booderee National Park; Fitzroy Falls( Morton National Park); King Island; Flinders Ranges National Park; Clem Walton Park, Cloncurry; Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne; Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve; Alice Springs sewage ponds; Bibliography; Index; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

From suburban parks to remote offshore islands, veteran and respected birder Sue Taylor offers her top 100 Australian bird-watching sites in this essential guide for bird enthusiasts. Taylor puts her years of experience to use in answering questions such as Where can you see 400,000 breeding pairs of rockhopper penguins? Where is the best place in Australia to observe yellow chats? and Where is the only place in Australia where it is possible to have a close encounter with nesting lesser noddies? Readers will w