It seems I forgot one of my best sightings in Lincoln NP... a group of 24
Rock Parrots! There were other individuals and pairs and I think a total of
30 would be a conservative estimate of the number of Rock Parrots seen in
one day.
Got some great photos of them:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.452436684822041.104600.134270499971996&type=1
cheers
Peter
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Peter Waanders <>wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Recently I spent an enjoyable few days at the southern tip of the Eyre
> Peninsula, the upside-down triangle-shaped bit of land west of Adelaide.
> Due to the geography it's 900 km by road or 20 mins by air to Pt Lincoln
> and from there, Lincoln NP is only 10km, and a bit further afield is Coffin
> Bay NP. Both contain coastal mallee-heath and spectacular coastlines, rocky
> outcrops, quiet, sheltered beaches and bays. The nearest inland reserve is
> Hincks Conservation Park, a massive expanse of mallee a bit over an hour's
> drive north of Pt Lincoln.
> Over 4 days we tallied some 120 species and some of the highlights were:
>
> Kellidie Bay Conservation Park
> 1 Osprey hovering over the water, then catching a small fish.
> 4 Aus Spotted Crakes heard from coastal swamp.
> 5 Grey Plovers and 1 Pacific Golden Plover.
>
> Sleaford Bay Conservation Park
> 1 White-bellied Sea-eagle daily around Sleaford Bay.
> 200+ Cape Barren Geese
> 1 Koala
>
> Lincoln NP
> 5 Brown Quail
> 1 Hooded Plover
> all 5 sp of Cormorant
> Little Eagle, Wedge-tailed Eagle
> Collared Sparrowhawk, Brown Goshawk
> few Fairy Terns
> 1 pair of Western Yellow Robin
> 4+ Western Whipbirds were heard and we had multiple good (but brief) views
> of one of those
> various Blue-breasted Fairy-wrens
> Aus (Port Lincoln) Ringnecks
> Horsfield's Bronze and Shining Bronze-cuckoo
> Fan-tailed Cuckooo
> Purple-gaped & Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
> 100s of Dusky Woodswallows
>
> Hincks Conservation Park
> 1 Aus Hobby
> 2 Peregrine Falcons
> Aus (Port Lincoln) Ringnecks
> Pallid Cuckoo
> Chestnut Quail-thrush
> White-eared Honeyeater
> 1 pair of Western Yellow Robin
> various Blue-breasted Fairy-wrens
>
> Also a tiger snake, brown snake and a Koala.
>
> Hope this is of use to future birders intending a visit there. I've put
> some of my photos here:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.452436684822041.104600.134270499971996&type=1
>
> cheers
> Peter
>
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> Peter Waanders
> Southern Birding Services
> PO Box 2008, Berri SA 5343 Australia
> mob.: +61 (0)409 763172
> sat.: +61 (0)424 212889
> Email1:
> Email2:
> SA Birding: www.sabirding.com
> Facebook:
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southern-Birding-Services/134270499971996
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>
>
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