The North West of South Australia.

The Outback.

Australia, Day Fourteen.

 

Dawn from the Swag.

After our second night at the same spot we packed the kit up and went out for a longish walk before headed back some of the way north, around camp we picked up Southern Boobook (Ninox boobook) before light and Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) as dawn arrived.

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus).

Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus).

Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula).

Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula).

Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula).

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During the walk we found Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius), Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis), Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis), Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis), Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus), Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius), Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius), Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula), Grey-fronted (Ptilotula plumula) and Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus), Little Button Quail (Turnix velox), Sandhill Grasswren (Amytornis striatus oweni), Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides), Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) and Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus).

Ptilotus helipteroides.

Sturt's Desert Rose (Gossypium Sturtianum var Sturtianum).

Bee-fly Species.

Marble Gum (Eucalyptus gongylocarpa) bark.

Large Fruited Mallee (Eucalyptus youngiana).

We returned to the camp and finished putting the kit away and making sure we left no trace of our visit and then headed back North but this direction was a lot easier as we had cleared the fallen trees and other obstacles on the way down.

White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons).

Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae).

Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae).

Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae).

Heading North.

As we drove we picked up Black Honeyeater (Sugomel nigrum), White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor), Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata), White-fronted Honeyeater (Purnella albifrons), Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus), Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus) and Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus).

The view from the rocks, lots of nothing as far as the eye can see, stunning.

Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata).

Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata).

Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata).

We turned off the main track and found a nice camp under some larger trees next to a really smart red rocky ridge before going for a walk, Deb and I headed off looking for some Dusky Grasswrens (Amytornis purnelli) she had seen distantly from the camping spot.

Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor).

Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor).

Once we were near the rocks we had amazing views of a small group of inquisitive Western Bowerbirds (Chlamydera guttata) and as we walked we added Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Little Woodswallow (Artamus minor), Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens), Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera), Rabbit (Conejo / Oryctolagus cuniculus), Euro / Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus) and a Dingo (Canis dingo) which was checking the Rabbit burrows but discretely moved off as we approached.