Mitchell River north of Dunbar Station Qld

The site is on the main track, there is now a causeway across the river. The river has permanent flow. The back eddies and pools attract waterbirds and the surrounding vegetation is dense, attracting the bush birds. A very pleasant spot.

There is no camping allowed here now without permission from Dunbar Station, because of poor behavior from past campers.

Surveys done 4

Blogs:

Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015

Grasswren surveys and N Queensland 2017

Mitchell River surveys lower Cape York 2017

• Radjah Shelduck
  Radjah radjah
  2 (50.00%)
• Peaceful Dove
  Geopelia placida
  2 (50.00%)
• Bar-shouldered Dove
  Geopelia humeralis
  2 (50.00%)
• Tawny Frogmouth
  Podargus strigoides
  1 (25.00%)
• Black-fronted Dotterel
  Elseyornis melanops
  3 (75.00%)
• Masked Lapwing
  Vanellus miles
  2 (50.00%)
• Caspian Tern
  Hydroprogne caspia
  1 (25.00%)
• Black-necked Stork
  Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
  2 (50.00%)
• Nankeen Night-Heron
  Nycticorax caledonicus
  1 (25.00%)
• Great Egret
  Ardea alba
  1 (25.00%)
• Intermediate Egret
  Ardea intermedia
  1 (25.00%)
• Little Egret
  Egretta garzetta
  2 (50.00%)
• Straw-necked Ibis
  Threskiornis spinicollis
  1 (25.00%)
• Glossy Ibis
  Plegadis falcinellus
  1 (25.00%)
• Little Pied Cormorant
  Microcarbo melanoleucos
  2 (50.00%)
• Little Black Cormorant
  Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
  1 (25.00%)
• Brown Goshawk
  Accipiter fasciatus
  1 (25.00%)
• Whistling Kite
  Haliastur sphenurus
  3 (75.00%)
• Black Kite
  Milvus migrans
  3 (75.00%)
• Barking Owl
  Ninox connivens
  1 (25.00%)
• Southern Boobook
  Ninox boobook
  1 (25.00%)
• Rainbow Bee-eater
  Merops ornatus
  4 (100.00%)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
  Calyptorhynchus banksii
  1 (25.00%)
• Galah
  Eolophus roseicapilla
  2 (50.00%)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
  Cacatua galerita
  2 (50.00%)
• Red-winged Parrot
  Aprosmictus erythropterus
  1 (25.00%)
• Varied Lorikeet
  Psitteuteles versicolor
  2 (50.00%)
• Rainbow Lorikeet
  Trichoglossus moluccanus
  3 (75.00%)
• Great Bowerbird
  Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
  3 (75.00%)
• Little Friarbird
  Philemon citreogularis
  1 (25.00%)
• Banded Honeyeater
  Cissomela pectoralis
  2 (50.00%)
• Brown Honeyeater
  Lichmera indistincta
  3 (75.00%)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater
  Entomyzon cyanotis
  3 (75.00%)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater
  Conopophila rufogularis
  2 (50.00%)
• Bar-breasted Honeyeater
  Ramsayornis fasciatus
  2 (50.00%)
• White-gaped Honeyeater
  Stomiopera unicolor
  1 (25.00%)
• Yellow Honeyeater
  Stomiopera flava
  1 (25.00%)
• Striated Pardalote
  Pardalotus striatus
  2 (50.00%)
• Fairy Gerygone
  Gerygone palpebrosa
  1 (25.00%)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
  Coracina novaehollandiae
  1 (25.00%)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
  Coracina papuensis
  1 (25.00%)
• Australasian Figbird
  Sphecotheres vieilloti
  1 (25.00%)
• Olive-backed Oriole
  Oriolus sagittatus
  2 (50.00%)
• Yellow Oriole
  Oriolus flavocinctus
  3 (75.00%)
• Willie Wagtail
  Rhipidura leucophrys
  2 (50.00%)
• Torresian Crow
  Corvus orru
  4 (100.00%)
• Australian Raven
  Corvus coronoides
  1 (25.00%)
• Leaden Flycatcher
  Myiagra rubecula
  2 (50.00%)
• Magpie-lark
  Grallina cyanoleuca
  3 (75.00%)
• Mistletoebird
  Dicaeum hirundinaceum
  1 (25.00%)
• Double-barred Finch
  Taeniopygia bichenovii
  1 (25.00%)