Two Months of Lifers Down Under (2 Viewers)

[delia todd]

South Australia Species List

1. Eurasian Blackbird
2. Australian Magpie (White-backed)
3. Red Wattlebird
4. Chestnut Teal
5. Grey Teal
6. Little Grassbird
7. New Holland Honeyeater
8. Hardhead
9. Hoary-headed Grebe
10. Maned Duck
11. Australian Reed Warbler
12. White-plumed Honeyeater
13. Superb Fairywren
14. Noisy Miner
15. Dusky Moorhen
16. Eurasian Coot
17. Pacific Black Duck
18. Silver Gull
19. Australasian Swamphen
20. Crimson Rosella
21. Freckled Duck
22. Little Corella
23. Galah
24. Welcome Swallow
25. Tree Martin
26. Musk Lorikeet
27. Australian Spotted Crake
28. Australasian Grebe
29. Little Raven
30. Australasian Shoveler
31. Spotless Crake
32. Grey Shrikethrush
33. European Goldfinch
34. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
35. Magpie-Lark
36. Black-fronted Dotterel
37. Pink-eared Duck
38. Black Kite
39. Mistletoebird
40. Brown-headed Honeyeater
41. Grey Fantail
42. Brush Bronzewing
43. Dusky Woodswallow
44. Purple-crowned Lorikeet
45. Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
46. Shining Bronze Cuckoo
47. Red-browed Finch
48. Crescent Honeyeater
49. Golden Whistler
50. Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
51. Striated Pardalote
52. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
53. Grey Currawong
54. Feral Pigeon
55. White-browed Scrubwren
56. Nankeen Kestrel
57. Masked Lapwing Southern
58. Crested Pigeon
59. Australian Ibis
60. Spotted Dove
61. Singing Honeyeater
62. Pied Honeyeater
63. White-browed Babbler
64. Southern Whiteface
65. Australian Mallee Ringneck
66. Apostlebird
67. Yellow-throated Miner
68. Willie-Wagtail
69. Red-rumped Parrot
70. House Sparrow
71. Emu
72. Australian Raven
73. Australian Pipit
74. Rufous Whistler
75. Wedge-tailed Eagle
76. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
77. Peaceful Dove
78. Whistling Kite
79. Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
80. White-eared Honeyeater
81. Striped Honeyeater
82. Whiskered Tern
83. Hooded Robin
84. Southern Scrub Robin
85. White-winged Chough
86. Rainbow Bee-eater
87. Eurasian Starling
88. Great Cormorant
89. Australian Pelican
90. Australian Swamphen
91. Black-tailed Nativehen
92. White-browed Woodswallow
93. Masked Woodswallow
94. Crimson Chat
95. White-winged Triller
96. Elegant Parrot
97. Owlet Nightjar

Link to Brisbane List
Link to Queensland List


I'm sure I should be able to get this to 100+!

 

[Scridifer]

Lovely pics of the juvvie Chat, no slouch in the looker stakes either!

Congratulations on the Lifer Delia (seems like ages since you've had one lol!) a lovely way to sign off in SA! I look forward to the next stage eagerly!

Chris

 

[Larry Sweetland]

1. Eurasian Blackbird
2. Australian Magpie (White-backed)
3. Red Wattlebird
4. Chestnut Teal
5. Grey Teal
6. Little Grassbird
7. New Holland Honeyeater
8. Hardhead
9. Hoary-headed Grebe
10. Maned Duck
11. Australian Reed Warbler
12. White-plumed Honeyeater
13. Superb Fairywren
14. Noisy Miner
15. Dusky Moorhen
16. Eurasian Coot
17. Pacific Black Duck
18. Silver Gull
19. Australasian Swamphen
20. Crimson Rosella
21. Freckled Duck
22. Little Corella
23. Galah
24. Welcome Swallow
25. Tree Martin
26. Musk Lorikeet
27. Australian Spotted Crake
28. Australasian Grebe
29. Little Raven
30. Australasian Shoveler
31. Spotless Crake
32. Grey Shrikethrush
33. European Goldfinch
34. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
35. Magpie-Lark
36. Black-fronted Dotterel
37. Pink-eared Duck
38. Black Kite
39. Mistletoebird
40. Brown-headed Honeyeater
41. Grey Fantail
42. Brush Bronzewing
43. Dusky Woodswallow
44. Purple-crowned Lorikeet
45. Horsefield;s Bronze Cuckoo
46. Red-browed Finch
47. Crescent Honeyeater
48. Golden Whistler
49. Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
50. Striated Pardalote
51. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
52. Grey Currawong
53. Feral Pigeon
54. White-browed Scrubwren
55. Nankeen Kestrel
56. Masked Lapwing Southern
57. Crested Pigeon
58. Australian Ibis
59. Spotted Dove
60. Singing Honeyeater
61. Pied Honeyeater
62. White-browed Babbler
63. Southern Whiteface
64. Australian Mallee Ringneck
65. Apostlebird
66. Yellow-throated Miner
67. Willie-Wagtail
68. Red-rumped Parrot
69. House Sparrow
70. Emu
71. Australian Raven
72. Australian Pipit
73. Rufous Whistler
74. Wedge-tailed Eagle
75. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
76. Peaceful Dove
77. Whistling Kite
78. Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
79. White-eared Honeyeater
80. Striped Honeyeater
81. Whiskered Tern
82. Hooded Robin
83. Southern Scrub Robin
84. White-winged Chough
85. Rainbow Bee-eater
86. Eurasian Starling
87. Great Cormorant
88. Australian Pelican
89. Australian Swamphen
90. Black-tailed Nativehen
91. White-browed Woodswallow
92. Masked Woodswallow
93. Crimson Chat
94. White-winged Triller
95. Elegant Parrot
96. Owlet Nightjar

Nice! are you sure you'd seen Yellow-plumed Honeyeater earlier in the trip? I can't remember you mentioning it until SA. Apols if I'm wrong, but you haven't got it in bold, and I wouldn't want you to diddle yourself out of a lifer!

 

[delia todd]

Cor!!! You're more with it than me Larry.

Indeed you're correct and I've now amended the list.

I'll maybe get some armchair ticks from this list one day too!

 

[Scridifer]

1. Eurasian Blackbird
2. Australian Magpie (White-backed)
3. Red Wattlebird
4. Chestnut Teal
5. Grey Teal
6. Little Grassbird
7. New Holland Honeyeater
8. Hardhead
9. Hoary-headed Grebe
10. Maned Duck
11. Australian Reed Warbler
12. White-plumed Honeyeater
13. Superb Fairywren
14. Noisy Miner
15. Dusky Moorhen
16. Eurasian Coot
17. Pacific Black Duck
18. Silver Gull
19. Australasian Swamphen
20. Crimson Rosella
21. Freckled Duck
22. Little Corella
23. Galah
24. Welcome Swallow
25. Tree Martin
26. Musk Lorikeet
27. Australian Spotted Crake
28. Australasian Grebe
29. Little Raven
30. Australasian Shoveler
31. Spotless Crake
32. Grey Shrikethrush
33. European Goldfinch
34. Black-faced Cuckooshrike
35. Magpie-Lark
36. Black-fronted Dotterel
37. Pink-eared Duck
38. Black Kite
39. Mistletoebird
40. Brown-headed Honeyeater
41. Grey Fantail
42. Brush Bronzewing
43. Dusky Woodswallow
44. Purple-crowned Lorikeet
45. Horsefield's Bronze Cuckoo
46. Shining Bronze Cuckoo
47. Red-browed Finch
48. Crescent Honeyeater
49. Golden Whistler
50. Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
51. Striated Pardalote
52. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
53. Grey Currawong
54. Feral Pigeon
55. White-browed Scrubwren
56. Nankeen Kestrel
57. Masked Lapwing Southern
58. Crested Pigeon
59. Australian Ibis
60. Spotted Dove
61. Singing Honeyeater
62. Pied Honeyeater
63. White-browed Babbler
64. Southern Whiteface
65. Australian Mallee Ringneck
66. Apostlebird
67. Yellow-throated Miner
68. Willie-Wagtail
69. Red-rumped Parrot
70. House Sparrow
71. Emu
72. Australian Raven
73. Australian Pipit
74. Rufous Whistler
75. Wedge-tailed Eagle
76. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
77. Peaceful Dove
78. Whistling Kite
79. Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
80. White-eared Honeyeater
81. Striped Honeyeater
82. Whiskered Tern
83. Hooded Robin
84. Southern Scrub Robin
85. White-winged Chough
86. Rainbow Bee-eater
87. Eurasian Starling
88. Great Cormorant
89. Australian Pelican
90. Australian Swamphen
91. Black-tailed Nativehen
92. White-browed Woodswallow
93. Masked Woodswallow
94. Crimson Chat
95. White-winged Triller
96. Elegant Parrot
97. Owlet Nightjar

I'm sure I should be able to get this to 100+!

Nice list Delia! I don't suppose you remember which page Queensland's list is on do you?

Chris

 

[delia todd]

Post 136 is the Brisbane List and the Queensland list is 455

Everyone has a different number of posts to a page, so it's not so easy to give a page number Chris.

This is page 21 for me!

 

[Scridifer]

Post 136 is the Brisbane List and the Queensland list is 455

Everyone has a different number of posts to a page, so it's not so easy to give a page number Chris.

Post number is perfect Delia, many thanks Lass!

Chris

 

[delia todd]

Part 4 Western Australia

5 November 2019

I was duly met in Perth by the welcoming arms of Alex (Tiger1) and June his lovely wife.

It's about a 4½ to 5 hour drive from there to their house near Albany but it was still early morning. We stopped for refreshments half way and arrived in the early afternoon.

It sure wasn't long before I got more Life birds just sitting in the garden - first a sort of Lifer in an Australian Ringneck... this is the Twenty-eight Parrot (will they ever be split do you think?)

The next one was a Red-eared Firetail (think this one is a juvenile). Oh and Silvereyes were there.... aren't they gorgeous.

After a cuppie June and I decided to stretch our legs after the long drive and we set off along the road.... only to be pulled up short by the sight of a splendid Splendid Fairywren... oh my goodness!!!

June showed me to the hide at Rushy Point overlooking Princess Royal Harbour. That's Albany on the far side.

 

[Lisa W]

Beautiful photo of the Beeater and the fairywren.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

That western subspecies of Splendid Fairy Wren (like in your pic) always springs to mind whenever someone asks me "what's your favourite bird?". It looks like someones just made it up.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

5 November 2019


It sure wasn't long before I got more Life birds just sitting in the garden - first a sort of Lifer in an Australian Ringneck... this is the Twenty-eight Parrot (will they ever be split do you think?)

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Maybe into 3 (he says hopefully!).

 

[delia todd]

LOL Larry.... are you being greedy?

 

[Larry Sweetland]

LOL Larry.... are you being greedy?

Well...yes . But HBW did at least at one point split Australian Ringneck into 2 species, with a comment that the isolated northern population (Cloncurry Ringneck) might be a third species. So there's some reason behind my greed :-O.

 

[Scridifer]

Delia this has to stop!!!

I'm never going to be able to decide on my favourite bird of your trip if you insist on throwing in new contenders like these! LOL keep 'em coming Lass!

Chris

 

[delia todd]

.... well I think I've a few more goodies to come Chris LOL

Sorry.

 

[delia todd]

Well down in the bay, were a few Red-necked Stint and a pair of Australian Ibis.

Some further away birds, were White-faced Heron, Australian Pelicans, Black Swans and Great Egret.

On the walk back, in some trees I heard a Western Whistler, but couldn't see it... that tale continues LOL.

Back at home a Red-capped Parrot had arrived, what a handsome fellow he is! Also a pair of Laughing Doves (an introduced species) and a male Red-eared Firetail had finally decided to show himself.

 

[Lisa W]

Wow, that red-capped Parrot is colorful and I like the scale effect the feathers of the Red-eared Firetail.

 

[delia todd]

Then a female Red-capped Parrot sat in the trees, so it was good to know there was a pair there.

Now an out of range Zebra Finch, they thought he'd escaped from a neighbour's aviary, but on talking to the family later in the week it appeared they hadn't lost any birds, so the mystery remained as to where he'd come from. Although thry're found over much of Australia, they aren't seen in that corner of Western Australia.

Just to finish.... another picture of the Splendid Fairywren and another of the delightful wee Silverye

 

[Scridifer]

Those Red-capped Parrots are gorgeous Delia! as for the Splendid Fairywren.....

Chris

PS. It was a rabbit my Kestrel had! Whether she had caught it I don't know, she certainly couldn't lift it!

 

[Dan Miller]

"Welcome to WA, Delia!" I've been waiting for you to get to this part of your travelogue.

I've been fortunate to be in WA for 4 1/2 months now, and while not all has been birding, I've gotten out quite a bit, including a 2-week tour of southern WA from Perth to Esperance to Albany to Margaret River and back. I'm looking forward to seeing where we may have had shared experiences.

Dan