The North West of South Australia.

The Outback.

Australia, Day Eleven.

 

Dawn from my Swag.

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.

Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius).

Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor).

Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor).

Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor).

Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor).

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).

Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis).

Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata).

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Euro / Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus).

Australian Golden Orb ().

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). 

A better bit of the Road / Track / Trail.

Brown Falcon (Falco berigora).

Copperback Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma clarum) the best I managed.

The habitat.

Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus) male.

Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus) female.

Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula).

At our next camp site we recorded Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis), Grey-headed Honeyeater (Ptilotula keartlandi) and Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius).

Flowering trees.

Late sun.

The camp site.

Room with a view.

Almost sun set.

Just after sunset.