After the travels south to Vic, NSW and SA, it was time to get back to the local bird-watching sights. The Water Treatment Plant at Alice Springs is one of the premier bird-watching spots in Central Australia. It seems to be a stop-over for migratory birds as well as home to a number of wading/water birds for the majority of the year, add to that a large variety of bush birds and birds of prey. We get the occasional rarity like a Grey Wagtail towards the end of 2013.
The start of the year has seen both varieties of Spoonbill we see in Australia, the three varieties of Ibis, and today there was a Silver Gull, not an unusual bird in Australia, but certainly unusual in the middle of the desert at Alice Springs!
The start of the year has seen both varieties of Spoonbill we see in Australia, the three varieties of Ibis, and today there was a Silver Gull, not an unusual bird in Australia, but certainly unusual in the middle of the desert at Alice Springs!
One of the Migratory birds who drop in to Alice Springs
Black-tailed Godwit
One of the resident water birds
Pied Stilt, or Black-winged Stilt
One of the bush birds
Crimson Char
Another pair of visitors
Glossy Ibis and Common Greenshank
A common visitor during the warmer months
Rainbow Bee-eater
One of the nearly year-round residents
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Whiskered Tern
Zebra Finch
One of the resident Birds of Prey
Black Kite
One of the resident water birds
Black-tailed Native-hen
A mainly summer visitor
Common Greenshank with Masked Lapwings and Pied Stilt
Little Corellas
Magpie Lark
Silver Gull
Straw-necked Ibis
White-winged Fairy-wren
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Exceptional photos. I really wish I was there. I'm guessing you meant to write, Whiskered Tern, rather than Whiskered Gull. I have seen them in Cambodia, South Africa, and Uganda. I would also love to see them in Australia.
ReplyDeleteThanks John, correct, and correction has been made. There must have been close to 100 Whiskered Terns on this day, the most I've ever seen. Appreciate the comments. Regards, Richard
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