The rainy season
January 22nd, 2013

After a comparatively dry 2012 (2830ml), this year’s “wet” season is off to a good start. A monsoonal low on Cape York is bringing good rains to the Daintree (200ml+ in the past 4 days), filling the wetlands and flushing …Continue Reading

The perils of the breeding season
January 8th, 2013

Conditions are good and fruit is plentiful in the Daintree rainforest at this time of year and, to coincide with this, many birds are breeding before the wetter and more difficult conditions arrive.A Yellow Oriole nest we have been faithfully …Continue Reading