From a big bird. I stand up and look around. I’m in the Daintree Rainforest, two hours’ drive up the coast from the seaside city of Cairns, in the far north of Australia. Here and there ...

Deano lives in Cairns, Australia, where he says curlew birds are "quite abundant" in the city, and "like many people we have a pair that nest in our yard." Bush Stone-curlews are a nocturnal ...