Specialized River Tours
- November 16, 2002
- Rated 4 of 5 by
mehrlich from Wilmington, Delaware
Today we took an early morning boat trip to see birds aboard a motorized row boat with Specialized River Tours. The owner of Specialized River Tours, Chris Dahlberg, came by our lodge at 5:45 a.m. to wake us. The boat was scheduled to depart at 6:30 a.m. It was pouring cats-and-dogs, but the boat, which was fully booked (with no cancellations) left on time. Besides us, there was an American couple, a man from Ireland, and another man. Everyone (except for Robert and I, and the other woman) had great eyes for spotting things and an excellent knowledge of birds. Cruising the Daintree River, we saw lots of birds despite the rain: including cormorants, anhingas, pelicans, flycatchers, and a warbler-like bird (Australia no longer has any birds which are classified as warblers).
We even saw a crocodile which really doesn’t look much like an alligator. It lacked the gator’s smile among other things.
From journal Birding and Ecology in Daintree