Hi all,
Up to now in Australia we saw a few species that may intrest some people (4
weeks).
Regent Honeyeater 10 (Glen Davis), Plum-headed Finch 100+ (Glen Davis), Eastern
Bristlebird 1 & Pilotbird 1 (Barren Grounds), Double-banded Plover 1 (Magic
Point-Sydney), Satin Flycatcher 2 (Warriewood-Sydney), Lewins Rail 1 (Dharug
NP), Rufous Scrubbird 1, Alberts Lyrebird 6 (Lamington NP), Marbled Frogmouth 1
(Mt Glorious), King Quail (Cooloola NP), Lesser Frigatebird 2, American Golden
Plover 1 (Lady Elliot Island), Freckled Duck 2 (botanical Gardens Bundaberg),
Eungella Honeyeater 2 (Chelmans Road - Eungella NP), Golden Bowerbird 1 (Mt
Spec), Eastern Grass Owl 3 (Trebonne), Southern Cassowary 2 (Mission Beach),
Mangrove Robin 2 (Cardwell), Red-necked Crake 2 (Boardwalk Botanical Gardens-
Cairns), White-browed Crake 2 (Cairns Croc Farm), White-browed Robin 3 (Big
Mitchell Creek), Varied Sitella 20 & Rufous Owl (Wentworth Falls), Sarus 3
(Lake Mitchell), Lesser Sooty Owl (Kingfisher Park), Fernwren 1 & Pied Monarch
(Mt Lewis), Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Kingfisher Park), Red Goshawk ad
+ juv (Lakefield NP), Golden-shouldered Parrot 25 (Windmill Creek), Oriental
Plover 1 (Musgrave Roadhouse), Squatter Pigeon (Coen), Yellow-billed Kingfisher
2, Black-winged Monarch 2, Frilled Monarch, Palm Cockatoo, Electus Parrot,
Trumpet Manicode, Papuan Frogmouth, Northern Scrub-robin, White-browed Robin,
Red-cheecked Parrot, Magnificent Riflebird, Yellow-legged Flycatcher, Tropical
Scrubwren, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (IRon Range (very dry up there also)),
Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 (Esplanade Cairns), Black-throated Finch 15
(Cumberland Dam), Carpentarian Grasswren 1 (MacNamaras Road), Spotted Bowerbird
5 (Mt Isa), Flock Pigeon more than 500 (Alroy Downs)(in the evening), 5.000
Cockatiels (in the morning there), Black Falcon 1 here, at Barkly Homestead 2
Black Falcons and 20.000+ Budgerigars, Yellow Chat female (at a bore 210 km
north of Barkly Homestead) and few oriental Plovers on our way up to Cape
Crawford! 360 species in 4 weeks is not too bad!
Cheers, Justin Jansen & Wim Nap, the Netherlands (but now at Katherine)
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