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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Sweetland" data-source="post: 1572046" data-attributes="member: 27337"><p><strong>Into WA</strong></p><p></p><p>Shame I didn't catch you Mike, but hopefully I'll be back to the Top End one day, for those pesky grasswrens and rails! We failed to score with <strong>Chestnut Rail</strong> morning or evenig at Buffalo Creek, though we did hear them annoyingly close. Very busy with people at dawn and dusk. Spent a total of more than 10 hours while in Darwin looking for a bird that most birders see with a tape in 5 minutes. As Nicky observed, we've spent 2 days of our holiday watching mud. I'm through being a neanderthal. Next time I'm in top end it's with a huge speaker stack pumpin' rail choonz.</p><p></p><p>Wompoo, I'm not sure that Basil (our car) would appreciate us trying to take it anywhere near the Princess Parrots, or is this recent sighting miraculously from tarmac?</p><p></p><p>Before leaving Darwin we popped into East Point atduring the heat of the day, and even then saw a couple of <strong>Brown Whistlers </strong>on the dry forest walking trail.</p><p></p><p>Before heading westward from Katherine we detoured 51km further south down the Stuart Highway and birded the forest aroun 8km up the Central Arnhem Road. <strong>Northern Shrike-Tit </strong>has been seen here, as has another bird mostly not currently classified as a full species by most people currently classified as taxonomists, <strong>Golden-backed Honeyeater</strong>. We failed to find the former, which is worryingly rare, but did see 4 <strong>Golden-backed Honeyeaters</strong>, as well as <strong>Tawny Frogmouth, Pallid Cuckoo, Brown Quail, Black-tailed Treecreeper</strong> etc. A local aboriginal bloke we met at the site said that fire swept through the area only a few months ago. We also spent half an hour or so exploring dry forest to the west of Chainman Creek, c25km SW of Katherine, where <strong>Northern Shrike-Tit </strong>has also been reported. Again this area appeared to have been burnt recently.</p><p></p><p>Night before last we made it to Victoria River Roadhouse, where <strong>Purple-crowned Fairy-Wrens </strong>are common in the riverside grasslands. We found them easy to hear but some effort to see. My target bird in this area was <strong>White-quilled Rock-Pigeon</strong>, and we eventually found 2 of them after walking around at the top of the escarpment walk in the evening. The walk starts from a layby 2km west of the roadhouse. If you like your <strong>White-quilled Rock-Pigeons </strong>to have white quills, then you shouldn't bother with the subspecies at this site. Potential split?</p><p></p><p>So we then crossed into WA just after lunch time yesterday and spent the night at the free camping area 12km past Kununurra. WA's treated us well so far birdwise.We saw a smart white-quilled <strong>White-quilled Rock-Pigeon</strong> on a short evening walk around the Mirima "mini Bungle Bungles" on the north edge of town, and found an active <strong>Great Bowerbird </strong>bower there. </p><p></p><p>This morning we saw 30+ <strong>Star Finches </strong>and better still 3+ <strong>Yellow-rumped Mannikins</strong> at the 3rd irrigation channel crossing down Ivanhoe road. To get to this spot head west out of Kununurra, and just past the lake take the road on the right signed Ivanhoe Rd. It's c5.5km to the 3rd irrigation channel. This morning most of the finches (also including <strong>Crimson, Double-barred</strong> and <strong>Chestnut-breasted Mannikin</strong>) were within 100m west of the road on the south side of the channel. Yesterday afternoon we found them a few hundred metres west of the road on the north side. <strong>Yellow-rumped Mannikin's</strong> half a tick for me as the only one i'd seen previously was a hybrid near Darwin many years ago.</p><p></p><p>This morning at the parkup I noticed soeone was looking at birds with bins, so I went and chatted to him. He's just given me a site where he saw a pretty good bird yesterday, so we're off to try and see them this avo! How exciting.</p><p></p><p>1421 <strong>CHESTNUT RAIL</strong></p><p>1422 Brown Whistler</p><p>1423 <strong>Golden-backed Honeyeater</strong></p><p>1424 <strong>WHITE-QUILLED ROCK-PIGEON</strong></p><p>1425 <strong>Y</strong>e<strong>L</strong>l<strong>O</strong>w-<strong>R</strong>u<strong>M</strong>p<strong>E</strong>d <strong>M</strong>a<strong>N</strong>n<strong>I</strong>k<strong>I</strong>n</p><p></p><p>More pics from Nicky: 1 Barking Owl</p><p> 2 Long-tailed Finch</p><p> 3 Looking for WQ Rock-Pigeons</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Sweetland, post: 1572046, member: 27337"] [b]Into WA[/b] Shame I didn't catch you Mike, but hopefully I'll be back to the Top End one day, for those pesky grasswrens and rails! We failed to score with [B]Chestnut Rail[/B] morning or evenig at Buffalo Creek, though we did hear them annoyingly close. Very busy with people at dawn and dusk. Spent a total of more than 10 hours while in Darwin looking for a bird that most birders see with a tape in 5 minutes. As Nicky observed, we've spent 2 days of our holiday watching mud. I'm through being a neanderthal. Next time I'm in top end it's with a huge speaker stack pumpin' rail choonz. Wompoo, I'm not sure that Basil (our car) would appreciate us trying to take it anywhere near the Princess Parrots, or is this recent sighting miraculously from tarmac? Before leaving Darwin we popped into East Point atduring the heat of the day, and even then saw a couple of [B]Brown Whistlers [/B]on the dry forest walking trail. Before heading westward from Katherine we detoured 51km further south down the Stuart Highway and birded the forest aroun 8km up the Central Arnhem Road. [B]Northern Shrike-Tit [/B]has been seen here, as has another bird mostly not currently classified as a full species by most people currently classified as taxonomists, [B]Golden-backed Honeyeater[/B]. We failed to find the former, which is worryingly rare, but did see 4 [B]Golden-backed Honeyeaters[/B], as well as [B]Tawny Frogmouth, Pallid Cuckoo, Brown Quail, Black-tailed Treecreeper[/B] etc. A local aboriginal bloke we met at the site said that fire swept through the area only a few months ago. We also spent half an hour or so exploring dry forest to the west of Chainman Creek, c25km SW of Katherine, where [B]Northern Shrike-Tit [/B]has also been reported. Again this area appeared to have been burnt recently. Night before last we made it to Victoria River Roadhouse, where [B]Purple-crowned Fairy-Wrens [/B]are common in the riverside grasslands. We found them easy to hear but some effort to see. My target bird in this area was [B]White-quilled Rock-Pigeon[/B], and we eventually found 2 of them after walking around at the top of the escarpment walk in the evening. The walk starts from a layby 2km west of the roadhouse. If you like your [B]White-quilled Rock-Pigeons [/B]to have white quills, then you shouldn't bother with the subspecies at this site. Potential split? So we then crossed into WA just after lunch time yesterday and spent the night at the free camping area 12km past Kununurra. WA's treated us well so far birdwise.We saw a smart white-quilled [B]White-quilled Rock-Pigeon[/B] on a short evening walk around the Mirima "mini Bungle Bungles" on the north edge of town, and found an active [B]Great Bowerbird [/B]bower there. This morning we saw 30+ [B]Star Finches [/B]and better still 3+ [B]Yellow-rumped Mannikins[/B] at the 3rd irrigation channel crossing down Ivanhoe road. To get to this spot head west out of Kununurra, and just past the lake take the road on the right signed Ivanhoe Rd. It's c5.5km to the 3rd irrigation channel. This morning most of the finches (also including [B]Crimson, Double-barred[/B] and [B]Chestnut-breasted Mannikin[/B]) were within 100m west of the road on the south side of the channel. Yesterday afternoon we found them a few hundred metres west of the road on the north side. [B]Yellow-rumped Mannikin's[/B] half a tick for me as the only one i'd seen previously was a hybrid near Darwin many years ago. This morning at the parkup I noticed soeone was looking at birds with bins, so I went and chatted to him. He's just given me a site where he saw a pretty good bird yesterday, so we're off to try and see them this avo! How exciting. 1421 [B]CHESTNUT RAIL[/B] 1422 Brown Whistler 1423 [B]Golden-backed Honeyeater[/B] 1424 [B]WHITE-QUILLED ROCK-PIGEON[/B] 1425 [B]Y[/B]e[B]L[/B]l[B]O[/B]w-[B]R[/B]u[B]M[/B]p[B]E[/B]d [B]M[/B]a[B]N[/B]n[B]I[/B]k[B]I[/B]n More pics from Nicky: 1 Barking Owl 2 Long-tailed Finch 3 Looking for WQ Rock-Pigeons [/QUOTE]
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