Hi all,
Just a quick message to let you know that i saw a flock of 40 - 50 Gouldian
Finches/and many immatures part of that number, sitting in a small leafless
tree at
Coomalie Creek area near Litchfield N.P Northern Territory . They were seen
at 7am on Sunday 9th September. They were unfortunately scared away by a
passing freight train which sent them into the air. The morning before, i saw
long tailed finches and no gouldians, so not sure if gouldians frequent the
area near this creek regularly each day/week?? I havn't seen Gouldians
since Lake Argyle W.A about 4 years ago...so this was a very welcome thing to
see.
Another thing worthy of note, was a lone budgie, sitting in the tree next to
the gouldians like it was getting around with the group, and took off when the
gouldians did....interesting i thought...
If your in the area and would like further details please email me at:
Other birds of interest at Coomalie creek were: Rainbow Pitta, Great
Bowerbird (very nice bower of all snailshells, probably care of the Rainbow
pitta's efforts no doubt :D ),
Arafura Fantail(very vocal), white throated honeyeater, brown
honeyeater, dusky honeyeater, Dollarbird, lemon bellied flycatcher,
Yellow Oriole, azure kingfisher, Australasian figbird, mistletoe bird,
Spangled Drongo (very vocal), rufous whistler, Blue winged
kookaburra, Northern
Rosella, Torresian Crow, White gaped honeyeater, Varied Lorikeet (flying over
often), Rainbow Lorikeet, Red tailed black cockatoo, Red Winged parrot,
Sulphur crested cockatoo, Shining Flycatcher (male/female- vocal)...
a lovely selection of birds in a small little area, have a look if your in the
area of Coomalie Creek next time
Kirri
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