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

Tuesday 12 February 2013

Silver Gull at Erldunda! Only 1000 kms to the nearest beach!

After a day travelling throughout the desert, I thought I hadn't kept my fluids up as I drove into the petrol station at Erldunda as I could have sworn I'd just seen a Silver Gull. Erldunda is about half way between Alice Springs (200 kms) and Uluru (240 kms), but 1000 kms north of Port Augusta, the nearest seaside place. I grabbed the camera and snapped off a few shots, just in case I wasn't dreaming. As I started to fill the car with fuel, a coach reversed and I lost sight of the Silver Gull. As I paid for the fuel, the attendant said that there was indeed a silver gull and it had arrived the day before, which had been windy, but not too windy. I hung around for a bit longer and finally sighted the gull again. One of the locals joked there would be a "God-tide" soon, way bigger than a king-tide, and the gull will be ready for it. Here are some photos:

Silver Gull



Took some photos of other birds along the tracks, here is a selection:

Black Kites




Brown Falcon


 Little Corella


 Major Mitchell Cockatoos



 


Red-backed Kingfisher

Red-tailed Black Cockatoos




Southern Whiteface

Whistling Kite

Zebra Finch


2 comments:

  1. Hi!
    Great serie of some amazing looking birds.
    have a nice evening
    /Ingemar

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  2. WOW!
    Always a pleasure to discover your birds!
    Amazing 'cockies'! I love to see the Major Mitchells and their gorgeous crest and the Redtails' display!
    The Zebra finches are so cute, must be pore difficult to get close to those... unless you are in a hide?
    Great stuff!

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