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Where to Watch Birds  

Mary River Wilderness Retreat

The Bird Watching Buggy - early morning start with Marie and John Holding

 

Mary River Wilderness Retreat is a on the right hand side of Arnhem Highway immediately past the Mary River. The owners maintain a very clean and welcoming resort, with cabins, camping facilities, pool and dining room. They are 'birder friendly' and have established two excellent walks for their guests. Boat cruises on the Mary River are also available. Click here to see their website.

The resort is very close to Bird Billabong and 35 kilometres from Kakadu. We stay here on many of our tours through the year. 

Overlooking Mary River from the Bamboo Walk

 

Photography on the Bamboo Walk

 White morph Grey Goshawk on the Mary River © Marie Holding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Species seen here recently

Birds ( 64 )

Radjah Shelduck

Tadorna radjah

Peaceful Dove

Geopelia striata

Bar-shouldered Dove

Geopelia humeralis

Australasian Darter

Anhinga novaehollandiae

Little Pied Cormorant

Microcarbo melanoleucos

Black-necked Stork

Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus

Eastern Great Egret

Ardea modesta

Intermediate Egret

Ardea intermedia

Great-billed Heron

Ardea sumatrana

Australian White Ibis

Threskiornis molucca

Straw-necked Ibis

Threskiornis spinicollis

Royal Spoonbill

Platalea regia

Whistling Kite

Haliastur sphenurus

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Grey Goshawk

Accipiter novaehollandiae

Nankeen Kestrel

Falco cenchroides

Bush Stone-curlew

Burhinus grallarius

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Calyptorhynchus banksii

Galah

Eolophus roseicapillus

Little Corella

Cacatua sanguinea

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

Red-collared Lorikeet

Trichoglossus rubritorquis

Red-winged Parrot

Aprosmictus erythropterus

Pheasant Coucal

Centropus phasianinus

Channel-billed Cuckoo

Scythrops novaehollandiae

Brush Cuckoo

Cacomantis variolosus

Barking Owl

Ninox connivens

Azure Kingfisher

Ceyx azureus

Blue-winged Kookaburra

Dacelo leachii

Forest Kingfisher

Todiramphus macleayii

Sacred Kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus

Rainbow Bee-eater

Merops ornatus

Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

Great Bowerbird

Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis

Weebill

Smicrornis brevirostris

Green-backed Gerygone

Gerygone chloronota

White-gaped Honeyeater

Lichenostomus unicolor

Dusky Honeyeater

Myzomela obscura

Banded Honeyeater

Cissomela pectoralis

White-throated Honeyeater

Melithreptus albogularis

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Entomyzon cyanotis

Silver-crowned Friarbird

Philemon argenticeps

Little Friarbird

Philemon citreogularis

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina papuensis

Varied Triller

Lalage leucomela

Grey Whistler

Pachycephala simplex

Australasian Figbird

Sphecotheres vieilloti

Yellow Oriole

Oriolus flavocinctus

White-breasted Woodswallow

Artamus leucorynchus

Little Woodswallow

Artamus minor

Spangled Drongo

Dicrurus bracteatus

Arafura Fantail

Rhipidura dryas

Northern Fantail

Rhipidura rufiventris

Torresian Crow

Corvus orru

Broad-billed Flycatcher

Myiagra ruficollis

Leaden Flycatcher

Myiagra rubecula

Shining Flycatcher

Myiagra alecto

10Paperbark Flycatcher

Myiagra nana

Magpie-lark

Grallina cyanoleuca

Lemon-bellied Flyrobin

Microeca flavigaster

Tree Martin

Petrochelidon

nigricans

Mistletoebird

Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Double-barred Finch

Taeniopygia bichenovii

Crimson Finch

Neochmia phaeton

Butterflies ( 4 )

Lined Grass-yellow

Eurema laeta

Spotted Rustic

Phalanta phalantha

Varied Eggfly

Hypolymnus bolina

Common Crow

Euploea core

Mammals ( 1 )

Agile Wallaby

Macropus agilus

Reptiles ( 1 )

Estuarine Crocodile

Crocodylus porosus 

 

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