A few recent photos from the Alice Springs Sewage Ponds

Black-winged Stilt

Australian Pratincole

Black Kite

Black-tailed Native-hen

Fairy Martin

Bunny

Red-necked Avocet

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Whistling Kite

White-winged Fairy-wren

Wood Sandpiper

Fairy-wrens including a dust-up, an Orange Chat and a few others

Spent some time at the Alice Springs Sewage Ponds trying to chase Fairy-wrens and Chats. Quite happy with the range I managed.

White-winged Fairy-wren

Dad came out to watch the fight between the kids

Young male checking out the insects

Mum watches on as the young male and female have a dust-up

Splendid Fairy-wren was not amused

Variegated Fairy-wren kept to himself

This Orange Chat sat nicely on top of a bush

Black-tailed Native-hen

Fairy Martin

Crimson Chats become a "town bird" at Alice Springs

Recently there has been an influx of birds towards Alice Springs, possibly due to the drying surrounds, or maybe they are looking for warmth as the overnight temperatures drop. One of the more unusual visitors has been the Crimson Chats. Normally these birds aren't too far away from town, but generally they do keep to the outskirts. Alice Springs residents have been reporting them all over the place, about the only area so far without a report is the Todd Mall, right in the middle of Alice Springs. They are very pretty birds, the males being much more dominated by the "crimson"that presumably gives them part of their name, but the females can look quite stunning as well. Here are a couple from one of my favourite birding spots around Alice Springs, the Poo Ponds:

Crimson Chat

Australian Spotted Crake

Black-tailed Native-hen

Little Grassbird

White-winged Fairy-wren

"Fluffy" Ducklings, Rainbow Bee-eater and Black-tailed Native Hen

Pacific  Black Ducklings

Rainbow Bee-eater

Black-tailed Native Hen

Bird photos from the Alice Springs Water Treatment Plant

Took the following photos recently:

Orange Chats

Black-winged Stilt

Black-tailed Native-hen

Whistling Kite