The Outback.
Australia, Day Eleven.
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Dawn from my Swag.
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Before light we heard both
Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) and
Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) and just as the sun started to lighten things up a tad the
Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis) and
Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) started to sing.
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Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius). |
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Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor). |
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Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor). |
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Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor). |
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Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor). |
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Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) female. |
After breakfast we did a walk around our campsite and up into the hills nearby seeing
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen),
Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera),
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora),
Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae),
Grey-headed (Ptilotula keartlandi) and Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula),
Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica),
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata),
Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor),
Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius),
Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata),
Euro / Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus) and a Rusty Dragon (Ctenophorus rufescens) which Deb spotted. |
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen). |
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Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis). |
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Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata). |
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Euro / Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus). |
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Australian Golden Orb ().
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Rusty Dragon (Ctenophorus rufescens). |
Later we set off for our next camp site a little further south, on the way we saw Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus),
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae),
White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus),
Sandhill Grasswren (Amytornis striatus oweni),
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus),
Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus),
Copperback Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma clarum),
Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula) and good numbers of
Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus).
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Flowering trees.
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Late sun.
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The camp site.
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Room with a view.
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Almost sun set.
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Just after sunset.
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