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Bird-packed personalized tour

We had a fantastic 1/2 day tour with Doug. He is an expert birder and helped us identify tons of... read more

Reviewed 3 April 2023
willida1128
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Great way to discover the birds of Tropical Queensland

We did a half-day birdwatching tour with Doug Herrington around the Port Douglas area. This was our... read more

Reviewed 8 May 2022
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Reviewed 19 June 2021

amazing day spent with Doug. Saw nearly 80 different birds for the day. Dough's knowledge of the birds and the places to find different birds made for a great day. His patience while we took photos really helped as well. His ability to know which birds were in which area and then to be able to call the birds helped to make it a memorable day. Would highly recommend spending a day with Doug if you want to see lots of different birds.

Date of experience: June 2021
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Reviewed 28 May 2021

We just spent a great day with Doug. Despite a very wet morning we still recorded over ninety species including some lifers for me: Lovely fairy wren, Macleays and Bridled HE, Papuan frogmouth, and others like Australian bustards and double eyed fig parrots
Doug is extremely knowledgeable and a great person to spend the day with.

Date of experience: May 2021
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Reviewed 9 April 2021 via mobile

I did a full day of birding with Doug chasing 10 bird species in the rainforest on Mt Lewis. The cost of $350 for the full day was good value. Doug’s knowledge of the area and the calls/behaviour of the birds ensured I found the species I was after including two that were particularly difficult due to the time of year. Once the main targets were out of the way Doug added in some great birding around Julatten and on the way back in to Port Douglas. Doug had a great attitude throughout- nothing was too much trouble.

Date of experience: April 2021
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Reviewed 29 December 2020

I read an article where someone had seen 90 birds, so I expected Doug to beat that.... and he did. We saw 93 birds. Of these about 80 are birds I have never seen before in the wild including Tawny Frogmouths (4), Papuan Frogmouth, Bustards, various herons, various kingfishers, various parrots etc. When I return, I will definitely take another of his trips. One of the best days in Queensland. Highly recommended for animal lovers. You will need binoculars or a zoom lense.

Date of experience: December 2020
1  Thank Dennis G
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Reviewed 15 October 2020 via mobile

I only had the time for a halfday with Doug, and we saw 88 species!! This is my third guiding with Doug, and he always puts guest first, no rush to move on, goes for requested species. Absolutely wonderful to visit his special bird hotpsots. Spotless crake in pic

Date of experience: October 2020
Thank markD6441XC
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Doug H, Owner at Birdwatching Tropical Australia, responded to this reviewResponded 16 October 2020

Thankyou Mark for your great review. Always a pleasure birding with you. Spotless Crake was thanks to the mid day rain - ha -ha.

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