Tours
Island Explorer Holidays - Explore Christmas Island Through the Lens
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Operator: Christmas Island Tourism Association
Location: Christmas Island
Duration: 5 days
From : Mon 16th Feb 2009 to Fri 20th Feb 2009
Description:
Discover and photograph the unique and prolific birdlife on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, Autralia. Tony Palliser, your experienced nature photographer, specialising in birds, will show you the best the Island has to offer and the best way to capture nature. Scan the skies for our beautiful Golden Bosun birds, Abbotts Boobys and watch the Frigatebirds soaring. Try out some high end equipment, learn how to process images professionally and visit places on the Island where you are so high up, you are almost in their world!
Why we think you should book with us:
It is estimated around 80,000 seabirds nest annually on Christmas Island.
Other species include:
Christmas Island Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus natalis) - distinctive subspecies
Christmas Island Hawk Owl (Ninox natalis) - endemic
Christmas Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus erythropleurus) - endemic subspecies
Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica natalis) - endemic subspecies
All packages include:Special Target Species:
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