Rod Warnock
11-21-2011, 01:48 PM
Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male Paluma Queensland Australia
CanonEOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM ISO400 F7.1 1/320 flash 22 August 2011
While Cyclone Yasi meant that the road to Lake Paluma was closed and therewas a lot of damage, Paluma still was an excellent venue. I stayed down at Crystal Creek accessed Paluma from there. Part of the visitwas to get digital images of Victoria's Rifelbirds. On the last day Igot this species and also Noisy Pittas. Was getting a bit frantic bythis time. There two other Riflebird species in Australia the Magnificent and the Paradise these and Victoria's all occur on theeast coast. Victoria's Riflebird is endemic to the Wet Tropic Regionof Queensland, Magnificent confined to extreme tip of Cape York,Queensland while Victoria's occurs in a near coastal strip fromsouthern Queensland to mid way down the New South Wales eastern Great Divide.
Best regards
Rod Warnock
CanonEOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM ISO400 F7.1 1/320 flash 22 August 2011
While Cyclone Yasi meant that the road to Lake Paluma was closed and therewas a lot of damage, Paluma still was an excellent venue. I stayed down at Crystal Creek accessed Paluma from there. Part of the visitwas to get digital images of Victoria's Rifelbirds. On the last day Igot this species and also Noisy Pittas. Was getting a bit frantic bythis time. There two other Riflebird species in Australia the Magnificent and the Paradise these and Victoria's all occur on theeast coast. Victoria's Riflebird is endemic to the Wet Tropic Regionof Queensland, Magnificent confined to extreme tip of Cape York,Queensland while Victoria's occurs in a near coastal strip fromsouthern Queensland to mid way down the New South Wales eastern Great Divide.
Best regards
Rod Warnock