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Birdline Northern Territory
Published sightings for the week ending 10 Jun 2012.
| Sat 9 Jun
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Chestnut Quilled Rock Pigeon
Ubirr Comfort Station
These birds are hanging around the dripping tap at the comfort station.
John Francis
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| Wed 6 Jun
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Spotless Crake
Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds
Spotless Crake (2) Foraging close to Black-tailed Native Hens on the northern edge of the amaranthus in EP7A.
Christopher Watson
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Australian Bustard
Low Ecological Services
Australian Bustard (1) Flew straight down Isotoma Rd, over the block and landed just over the fence in the AZRI paddock.
Christopher Watson
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| Tue 5 Jun
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Princess Parrot
Stuart Hwy, 26kms south of Alice Springs
A small flock was seen and positively identified, flying across the Stuart Highway in the late afternoon by ranger Mark Anderson.
Chris Watson per Mark Anderson
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| Sun 3 Jun
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Hooded Parrots
Edith Falls Road
At exactly 5.1 k's in from Highway on left hand side. Dirt road into a water hole. Hooded Parrots there at dawn and dusk. Very flighty.
John Francis
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Masked Finch
Top Springs NT Block
Masked Finch (7) mainly juveniles seen at the Coolibah Creek crossing about 8 kms to the west of Top Springs on the Buchanan Highway
Richard Waring
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Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
Camfield River, Buntine Hwy.
Purple-crowned Fairy-wren
Richard Waring
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| Fri 1 Jun
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Varied Lorikeet
Camfield NT Block
Varied Lorikeet - saw five of these birds in total, coming in late afternoon near a waterhole next to a flooding asphalt crossing.
Richard Waring
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| Thu 31 May
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White-quilled Rock-pigeon
Victoria River (escarpment walk)
Climbed the escarpment walk a couple of km past the roadhouse (towards Timber Creek) at daybreak expecting to find White-quilled Rock Pigeons (as per distribution maps found in several field guides). One pigeon was seen from above and it had chestnut wings as it flew away down into the valley. There was no white on the wings. I assumed this must be a Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon. However, according to Morecombe, White-quilled Rock-pigeon "race boothi... has reddish brown plumage and little, if any, white across outer wings"
David Dickson
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