Back to the area that was surveyed two weeks ago and more raptor action, with six species of diurnal raptor seen, in addition to nest boxes containing mating pairs of Barn Owls.
Photographs of this Shining Bronze-Cuckoo taken by other surveyors showed it had a green crown indicative of the New Zealand sub-species. Closer examination showed other features that also point to this bird as Chalcites lucidis lucidis which winters in the Solomon Islands and New Britain then migrates south to breed in the New Zealand summer, some of the birds taking a route down the Australian east coast August to November. The Australian subspecies does not show this migratory behaviour.
Always an impressive sight, the Wedge-tailed Eagle.
The Grey Goshawk. It appears to be a young bird? Perhaps it is the white version of the Grey Goshawk? Both Grey and White morphs of this bird are seen. It is believed that the white version has developed so it can hunt within flocks of white cockatoos.