Birdweek 2011

26 August - 2 September 2011
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Bird Watching Holiday Accommodation

Christmas Island offers a choice of birdwatching holiday accommodation ranging from hotel style to lodge style accommodation. You can enjoy the personalised service that comes only with smaller operations. The Christmas Island Tourism Association can provide further information and arrange bookings for each of the birdwatching holiday accommodation outlets.

For more information regarding birdwatching holiday accommodation,
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For guided Birdwatching tours to Christmas Island, please contact:
Richard Baxter
Birding Tours Australia
Phone :0412 540 212
Email :richard@birdingtours.com.au
Website :www.birdingtours.com.au

Bird Watching Holidays

If you are looking for an unforgettable birdwatching holiday, you will love Christmas Island. 63% of the island's 135 square kilometres is national park and the island's close proximity to South East Asia and the equator has resulted in a diverse range of bird species.

The island is large enough to have developed its own unique rainforest ecology. There are hundreds of species of birds with seven of the 13 land birds being endemic to the island, including the inquisitive Christmas Island Thrush, whose melodious evening song lends a wonderful musical quality to the tropical, palm-fringed sunsets.

Calendar for Bird Breeding on Christmas Island
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Breeding Season for Christmas Island Frigate Birds and Great Frigatebirds
Brown Boobies nest year round
			Abbott's Boobies nesting
Abbott's chicks on nests year round as breeding is biennial
			Red-foots nesting
Silver Bosuns										nesting
Golden Bosuns nest year round
			Brown noddies nesting
CI Imperial Pigeons										nesting
CI Emerald Dove										nesting
CI Thrush										nesting

Truly special sightings for those on a birdwatching holiday

Many species are quite inquisitive and those on a birdwatching holiday can be rewarded with some truly special sightings. Highlights include the rarest bobby and frigate birds in the world, the Abbotts Booby and the Christmas Island Frigatebird. With little effort is it quite easy to tick off a full list of residents in a busy week or more relaxed fortnight, though the elusive Christmas Island Hawk Owl keeps many coming back for more!