Northern Territory

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Our last visit to Kakadu was notable in that (apart from water birds) we did find species but the numbers of individuals were generally very very low. High search times and few birds. 

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On Sun, 24 May 2026 at 5:31 pm, Kim Sterelny via Birding-Aus <> wrote:

Hi folks

Just back from 8 days in Kakadu, Litchfield and Katherine Gorge. Not a birding trip; holiday with non-birding family, but did some birding in the margins. Saw a decent number of larger birds, but was struck by how few small insectivores I saw: zero thornbills, robins, fairywrens. Now its true that I was rarely looking at the best time, and its also true I am a shit birder. But I did spend time in some birdy-looking locations, and I did not even see the arses of small birds disappearing into bushes, my usual experience. Are such birds rarer or more wary in NT, or is this just an odd statistical anomaly. 

Kim

Kim Sterelny, School of Philosophy, Research School of the Social Sciences, Australian National University, Acton, 0200, ACT, Australia

 

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