Bird week participants will be invited in small groups to help Dr Janos Hennicke catch Abbott’s Boobies high in the rainforest canopy, assist Nick Mooney to colour-band Brown Boobies and monitor their colonies on the remote and secluded rocky coasts, and work with Nic Dunlop and Tim Low to study the nesting biology and foraging ecology of Christmas Island Frigatebirds and Red-tailed Tropicbirds.
Depending on interest and demand, there will also be opportunities to assist in the colour-banding of Christmas Island Goshawks, a Christmas Island Hawk-Owl survey, seabird identification workshops, territory mapping of Island Thrushes and closer looks at the island’s other wildlife. And of course there will be the chance to search for a few of those rarities for which Christmas Island is so famous. Nightly seminars will showcase the results of all the seabird research (revealing the wanderings of the majestic Abbott’s Booby, CI Frigatebirds and more), the status of the endemic landbirds, the rarities of Christmas Island, and the marine and terrestrial ecology of the island.
Note All costs are per person, and in Australian Dollars.
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