Daintree birdwatching.
A guide to birdwatching in the different habitats of the Daintree Valley by Chris Dahlberg.

See our Daintree birdwatching tours site.

Other places to go Daintree birdwatching:
Don't under estimate the village itself. Most  mornings before our boat trip I simply drive around the village and look at what is on the powerlines. It sometimes yields four kingfisher species including Blue-winged Kookaburra near the corner of Dagmar and Douglas Streets. In late April a Dollarbird stayed for a week and I was able to send people off to see it before the trip.
Stewart Creek Road starts at Pioneers Park and follows the river upstream. It winds through rainforest and emerges into grassland and then gallery forest fringing Stewart Creek. It is very productive and the traffic is light. See rare bird sighting>>>

Daintree birdwatching at Wonga Beach. See this link.
Beach Stone-curlew is reliably seen at the end of Janbal Street. Wonga Beach Map >>

The Daintree River ferry road is between the Captain Cook Highway and the ferry. On the northern side of the road is a large billabong (ox-bow lake) that offers many Magpie Geese and other species. At present it has water in it is choked with grass. It can offer good birdwatching by telescope. It is private land.

Upper Daintree Roads. Beyond the first part of Stewart's Creek Road that leads north from the village the roads are formed, largely unfenced, gravel. There are grasslands that yield Richard's Pipit, Golden-headed Cisticola, Chestnut-breasted Mannikin, Tawny Grassbird and Singing Bushlark. If the Blue-winged Kookaburra was not seen in the village it can often be seen near the junction of Douglas Creek Road and Upper Daintree Road.

North of the river. It is interesting that the two local ornithologists who have produced field guides of this area have left this section out or in one case, have not been complementary of the area north of the river for birdwatching.
Cassowary sightings on the Jindalba Walk, Tulip Oak Road, Cow Bay have been good throughout 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Daintree Birdwatching.
Birdwatching in Daintree is restricted to sea-level or not that much above it and not all the local birds are found at sea-level. The climate of Daintree is in stark contrast to that of the drier country to the west of our Great Dividing Range. That drier country is not far away but it has different birds. It makes sense to base centrally, in the tablelands, and make day visits or have a short stay at Daintree.

Cairns Birdwatching itineraries.
Have a look at this link to see where the birds are in the Cairns region: Cairns Birdwatching itineraries>>