{"id":18453,"date":"2020-10-19T03:07:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T03:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macleayvalleycoast.com.au\/dev7\/?page_id=18453"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:58:58","slug":"bird-watching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/macleayvalleycoast.com.au\/dev7\/things-to-do\/bird-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18453\" class=\"elementor elementor-18453\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcc17e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dcc17e8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d381d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78d381d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdbb203 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdbb203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bird Watching\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cd8f51 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cd8f51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With temperate, subtropical, coastal and rainforest environments the diversity of bird life on the Macleay Valley Coast is pretty darn amazing.<\/p><p>Both novice and die-hard bird watchers are virtually guaranteed of spotting a huge range of bird types, from raptors and waterbirds to the feathered natives of the Australian bush. 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