A Rufous Songlark turned up at our Darwin River property a few weeks ago.
First record since we’ve been here.
Denise
On 5 Sep 2017, at 8:08 am, Tony Russell <> wrote:
> Yep, that's what I said too.
>
> On 4 September 2017 at 11:06, Mike Carter <> wrote:
>
>> It's a Rufous Songlark.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mike Carter, 03 5977 1262
>> 181/160 Mornington-Tyabb Road
>> Mornington, VIC 3931, Australia
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Birding-Aus On Behalf
>> Of
>> Jason Polak
>> Sent: 3 September 2017 5:07 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] A Mysterious Grassbird
>>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> My wife and I recently took a trip to the Top End. We did Darwin to Kakadu
>> to Pine Creek and back to Darwin. We saw about 60 "lifers" and around 85 in
>> total. For those interested in the total list we saw (some of my favourites
>> are: Black Bittern, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Hooded Parrot, Northern
>> Rosella, Partridge Pigeon), I included the complete list at the end of the
>> email!
>>
>> However, I have a more pressing concern. There is a single bird we're
>> having
>> real trouble with. We saw a grassbird of some kind at Mamukala
>> wetlands:
>>
>> http://jpolak.org/tmp/someGrassbird.jpg
>>
>> I am not sure what it is (these grassbirds always give me trouble!).
>> After scouring the internet for dozens of pictures, I believe it is a
>> female
>> Rufous Songlark. Can anyone help me with this? The picture isn't the
>> greatest quality but I believe it shows quite a few identification
>> features,
>> and is the only one I got.
>>
>> Most Sincerely,
>> Jason
>>
>> List of birds for top end trip:
>>
>> 1 Arafura Fantail
>> 2 Australasian Darter
>> 3 Australian Figbird
>> 4 Australian Pelican
>> 5 Australian White Ibis
>> 6 Australian Wood Duck
>> 7 Azure Kingfisher
>> 8 Bar-shouldered Dove
>> 9 Black Bittern
>> 10 Black Kite
>> 11 Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
>> 12 Black-necked Stork
>> 13 Blue-faced Honeyeater
>> 14 Blue-winged Kookaburra
>> 15 Brolga
>> 16 Brown Honeyeater
>> 17 Brush Cuckoo
>> 18 Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon
>> 19 Cockatiel
>> 20 Comb-crested Jacana
>> 21 Crimson Finch
>> 22 Double-barred Finch
>> 23 Eastern Curlew
>> 24 Forest Kingfisher
>> 25 Galah
>> 26 Glossy Ibis
>> 27 Great Bowerbird
>> 28 Great Egret
>> 29 Green Pygmy Goose
>> 30 Grey-crowned Babbler
>> 31 Helmeted Friarbird
>> 32 Hooded Parrot
>> 33 Intermediate Egret
>> 34 Large-billed Gerygone
>> 35 Leaden Flycatcher
>> 36 Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
>> 37 Little Corella
>> 38 Little Friarbird
>> 39 Little Pied Cormorant
>> 40 Long-tailed Finch
>> 41 Magpie Goose
>> 42 Magpie-Lark
>> 43 Masked Finch
>> 44 Masked Lapwing
>> 45 Nankeen Night Heron
>> 46 Northern Rosella
>> 47 Orange-footed Scrubfowl
>> 48 Orange-footed Scrubfowl
>> 49 Partridge Pigeon
>> 50 Peaceful Dove
>> 51 Pheasant Coucal
>> 52 Pied Butcherbird
>> 53 Pied Heron
>> 54 Pied Stilt
>> 55 Pink Eared Duck
>> 56 Plumed Whistling Duck
>> 57 Purple Swamphen
>> 58 Radjah Shelduck
>> 59 Rainbow Bee-eater
>> 60 Red-backed Kingfisher
>> 61 Red-capped Plover
>> 62 Red-collared Lorikeet
>> 63 Red-headed Honeyeater
>> 64 Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
>> 65 Red-winged Parrot
>> 66 Royal Spoonbill
>> 67 Rufous Owl
>> 68 Rufous Whistler
>> 69 Sacred Kingfisher
>> 70 Shining Flycatcher
>> 71 Silver Gull
>> 72 Spangled Drongo
>> 73 Straw-necked Ibis
>> 74 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
>> 75 Torresian Crow
>> 76 Torresian Imperial Pigeon
>> 77 Varied Triller
>> 78 Wandering Whistling Duck
>> 79 Whistling Kite
>> 80 White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
>> 81 White-bellied Sea Eagle
>> 82 White-breasted Woodswallow
>> 83 White-gaped Honeyeater
>> 84 White-throated Honeyeater
>> 85 Willie Wagtail
>>
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