Notes to readers of this Blog


NOTES TO READERS OF THIS BLOG

Thank you for dropping by to check out my blog. You will see a lot of other Blogs about birds I follow down the left hand side. I strongly encourage you to check some of these out as well, they are entertaining and I love to see birds from all over the world, I hope you do too.
Cheers,
Richard

Friday, 2 March 2012

A few other birds from Alice to Elliott to Alice this week

A few other birds from the drive up, then around Elliott, and the drive home to Alice Springs this week:

Probably the most spectacular sight for the trip, a flock of Glossy Ibis (this is about a third of the flock) at Renner Springs, about 625 kms north of Alice Springs:


Australasian Darter


And guess who ... a Buff-Banded Rail to really put the wind up me as I could see a nice clear pale white chest, but it is still a BBR!






Cattle Egret in the distance

Dragonflies doing the natural thing you do in a flood!




Great Egret


Grey Shrike-thrush



White-necked Heron


Brown Goshawk

Emu (first for the year!) Adult also had two juveniles with it. Seen near Muckaty Station. Not sure if they were checking out the site of the nuclear waste dump or not.


Red-backed Fairy-wren, a poor photo but hopefully will see some more in a couple of weeks. This male was with a female but they were both gone pretty quickly.

White-winged Fairy-wren, at a roadside stop called Attack Creek, between Banka Banka Station and 3 ways.


White-winged Triller female.

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6 comments:

  1. Ingemar Pettersson3 March 2012 at 18:18

    Hi!
    Lovely serie.
    Greetings from Sweden
    /Ingemar

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    1. Richard Waring4 March 2012 at 10:13

      Thank you Ingemar, lovely to hear from Sweden, greetings from Australia

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  2. Miguel Rodríguez Esteban3 March 2012 at 22:07

    -Qué variedad de especies!

    Y qué buenas fotos!


    Saludos desde Spain!

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    1. Richard Waring4 March 2012 at 10:12

      Thank you Miguel, lovely to hear from Spain, greetings from Australia!

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  3. Noushka4 March 2012 at 23:05

    WOW!
    I've missed out on your latest posts!
    What great pictures of the Rail, the Darter, the Wren and especially, the dragonflies!
    Only a few Aeshnidae males hold their females this way in Europe! Something I see a lot with other species, such as Darters and Damselflies!
    Fantastic!

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    1. Richard Waring5 March 2012 at 10:02

      Thanks Noushka. Amazing what you see when you are looking for other things. That included the dragonflies and the Rail in particular, almost in the same spot.

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