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More SW Top End Sightings

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Subject: More SW Top End Sightings
From: Nick Leseberg <>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 04:37:25 +0000
Hi All,

Was lucky enough to find myself back up in the SW Top End over the last couple 
of weeks, mostly in the Buntine Highway/Vic River/Timber Creek area. There were 
a few sightings of note, including:

Several Ground Cuckoo-Shrikes, Square-tailed Kite, Hooded Robin, Australian 
Pratincole and Red-kneed Dotterel, on or near the Buntine Highway between the 
Victoria Highway and about Delamere Station. Also saw a couple of Northern 
Nailtail Wallabies and several Antilopine Wallaroos along here.

Zebra Finches at the Buntine Highway/Victoria Highway intersection - not a rare 
bird, but not one I've recorded often this far north.

White-quilled Rock-Pigeon and Short-eared Rock-Wallabies on the escarpment walk 
at Victoria River Crossing, plus Lilac-crowned Fairywrens at the crossing 
itself.

Pictorella Mannikins, Spinifex Pigeons and Black-chinned (Golden-backed) 
Honeyeaters at the creek crossing 4.5km along the Buchanan Hwy from the 
Victoria Highway, along with a range of other more common birds coming to drink 
in the afternoon.

There were as many Black-breasted Buzzards around as I've ever seen, with 
several seen most days. Interestingly no Gouldians this time after there were 
plenty only a month or so ago, although I didn't spend as much time looking as 
I did when I was up here in May/June.

Any questions, please let me know.

Regards and good birding!

Nick Leseberg
                                          
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