Jacky Winter, Forest Kingfisher, Flycatchers and Doves photos

My youngest son and I ran into the Jacky Winter birds in the middle part of the Northern Territory, namely at Elliott and Dunmurra. They were very accommodating.

Jacky Winter

Forest Kingfisher

Leaden Flycatcher

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher

Paperbark Flycatcher

Shining Flycatcher

Bar-shouldered Dove

Peaceful Dove

Darwin bird photos

I know I am supposed to be watching my son play cricket in Darwin this week, but, well, if the birds are there to be photographed .... :-) Cricket photos still out-weigh the bird photos by 30 to 1!

Forest Kingfisher

Pied Imperial Pigeon

Rainbow Bee-eater

Striated Pardalote

Varied Triller

A very unusually positioned Collared Sparrowhawk

A few bird photos from Crocodylus Park and Batchelor

We've now left Darwin and arrived in Batchelor. Big day today, Parap markets, pack up van, drive to Crocodylus Park, then the Palmerston waterslide, shopping and then drive to Batchelor, set up van, exhausted just writing it all down! Saw some wonderful bird action at Crocodylus Park (denoted by "CP" below), and then later this afternoon at Batchelor (denoted by "B" below). Hope you enjoy.

Little Corella (first one is my favourite shot of the day, "Chicken Man!") (CP)

 Blue-winged Kookaburra (B)

Emu (this is in captivity at Crocodylus Park but I love Emus) (CP)

Forest Kingfisher (CP)

Galah (B)

Grey Butcherbird (B)

 

 Orange-footed Scrub-fowl (CP)

Ostrich female (this is in captivity at Crocodylus Park) (CP)

Ostrich male (this is in captivity at Crocodylus Park) (CP)

Pied Heron (CP)

 Pied Heron juvenile (CP)

 Torresion Imperial-pigeon (CP)

Silver-crowned Friarbird (B)

Spangled Drongo (B)

A trip to Holmes Jungle Nature Park - bird photos

A quick trip to a place I haven't visited before that is full of strange new noises and birds, both familiar but not encountered for a while, and those often encountered in the last few days, was always going to run overtime. I started out at Palm Creek where I heard something that sounded like a large wild cat, even though I knew it was a bird of some sort. Without a recording it is difficult to even guess at what that was, although the locals may have a good idea. Black Kites and a few Whistling Kites were in the trees almost as thick as the bats we have at our campground at night. As I walked away from the car, at least 30 flew from nearby branches and added to the collection of Black Kites already filling the skies above.

After having a quick look at Palm Creek, and a short walk into the Forest Walk, I drove up to the picnic area at the other end of the Forest Walk (not that I knew that at the time), and then walked a little way along the path towards the top picnic area, until finally I realised the time and headed back to where I should have been.

I hope you enjoy some of the moments I captured in my short time.

Chestnut-breasted Mannikan

 Forest Kingfisher

Golden-headed Cisticola

Great Egret

Little Bronze-cuckoo

Spangled Drongo

Black Kite

Brown Falcon