Taking to the old Eyre Highway and other track and finishing on the coast.
Australia, Day Fifty Nine part two.
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Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae). |
We packed our Swags away and then Deb and I went for a walk around the Homestead looking for the
Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae) and we were soon watching a small group of around 9 birds right next to the main Homestead building.
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Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae). |
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Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae). |
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Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae). |
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Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae). |
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Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae). |
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Naretha Blue Bonnets (Northiella narethae). |
These birds appeared to be collecting moisture from the corrugated tin roofs of some old animal pens and were joined by a couple of
Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius) and in the area
Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica),
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides),
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus),
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen),
Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys),
Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor),
Rufous Fieldwren (Calamanthus campestris),
Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae),
Southern Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis),
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena),
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora),
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) and
Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus).
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White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus). |
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White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus). |
We loaded the car and headed out to the Koonalda Cave where we had a look into the cave finding
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) and in the low scrub surrounding the area we got a new bird for me when Deb found a pair of
Nullabor Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma alisteri), after getting views of these birds we moved on and did a loop on some tracks and made our way back to the Old Eyre Highway.
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Koonalda Cave. |
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Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei ssp iredalei). |
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Ground Cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima). |
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Ground Cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima). |
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Nullabor Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma alisteri). |
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As we drove we picked up
Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei ssp iredalei) which was a new SSP for me along with
Nullabor Quail-thrush,
Brown Falcon,
Black-faced Woodswallow,
Southern Whiteface and 2x
Ground Cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima) which were equally as difficult to get good views of as our last two.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3UrH1glIpzRR9FYHTwTsBz-5Ftgv6_uI4zaFRutHNTC2ZkWtSx4N6NsfloVaX3qVuWUSKmmaOP4P-4H8ppFzqY12clq24iiDHH9IQbl6_byjAMJpmYGN8GyWgZmhFdAIMFY9eQazKwu0ylLmFjij5B4i-C7Qj1d7VEoWGI3SxUvkeQP-qwxi_4N1fVs/w640-h480/5th-Nov-23-27.jpg) |
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus). |
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Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus). |
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Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus). |
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Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus). |
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Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus). |
Bird wise we saw
Pied (Haematopus longirostris) and
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus),
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis),
Silver (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) and
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus),
Great Crested (Thalasseus bergii) and
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) and
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae).
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Scott Bay.
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