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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Whitehouse" data-source="post: 1548421" data-attributes="member: 3550"><p><strong>Day Six: June 24th, Dryandra Forest to Stirling Ranges, WA</strong></p><p></p><p>In the morning I walked some of the trails at Dryandra, which continued to pull in the birds. First new one of the day was a <strong>White-browed Scrubwren</strong>, a characterful species that I went on to encounter, in various forms, almost everywhere I went in Australia. The next new one puzzled me a lot at first. I found a couple of small passerines trotting about on the forest floor. They both looked and behaved rather like Chaffinches, being pinkish-brown underneath and slightly greyish on top. It took me a while to figure out, but eventually one of them hopped up onto a tree and bounded up the trunk - these were <strong>Rufous Treecreepers</strong>. I saw them quite regularly during the morning, usually in small groups on the ground.</p><p></p><p>The walk through the forest was very good for honeyeaters. The first I saw was a greenish-coloured and streaky <strong>Yellow-plumed Honeyeater</strong>, then later I saw a couple of <strong>White-eared Honeyeaters</strong> and a busy group of <strong>White-cheeked Honeyeaters</strong>. A large raptor flew over the canopy and from the shape and underwing pattern I was able to identify it as a <strong>Little Eagle</strong>. Particularly fetching was a <strong>Spotted Pardalote</strong>, which manages to pack an awful lot of colour and pattern into a small package. In an area of low scrub I found another 'brown' fairy-wren but I noticed this was a bit different to the Splendid Fairy-wrens I'd been seeing. After a bit of scrutiny and book checking it became clear it was an eclipse male <strong>Blue-breasted Fairy-wren</strong>. A small parrot whizzed over giving a high-pitched call, which helped me to identify it as a <strong>Purple-crowned Lorikeet</strong>. There were plenty of other good birds about too: <strong>Western Spinebill, Weebill, Inland Thornbill, Scarlet</strong> and <strong>Red-capped Robins</strong> and <strong>White-naped Honeyeater.</strong> Another look around a different part of the forest around midday produced fewer birds but I did encounter my first <strong>Grey Shrike-thrushes</strong>, looking more thrush than shrike to me.</p><p></p><p>I then rather reluctantly hit the road and travelled southwest towards Stirling Ranges. There were some good, if brief, sightings on the way down including a hulking <strong>Wedge-tailed Eagle</strong> being persued by <strong>Australian Ravens</strong> over the road, three <strong>Chestnut Teal</strong> and a quick <strong>Red-capped Parrot</strong> feeding by the roadside. I hoped to get more prolonged views of each later in the trip.</p><p></p><p>After checking into the very excellent <a href="http://www.stirlingrange.com.au/home.html" target="_blank">Stirling Range Retreat</a></p><p><a href="http://www.stirlingrange.com.au/home.html" target="_blank"></a> I disturbed a group of small birds from a tree outside my cabin. These turned out to be a group of <strong>Dusky Woodswallows</strong> that were huddled tightly together to roost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Whitehouse, post: 1548421, member: 3550"] [b]Day Six: June 24th, Dryandra Forest to Stirling Ranges, WA[/b] In the morning I walked some of the trails at Dryandra, which continued to pull in the birds. First new one of the day was a [B]White-browed Scrubwren[/B], a characterful species that I went on to encounter, in various forms, almost everywhere I went in Australia. The next new one puzzled me a lot at first. I found a couple of small passerines trotting about on the forest floor. They both looked and behaved rather like Chaffinches, being pinkish-brown underneath and slightly greyish on top. It took me a while to figure out, but eventually one of them hopped up onto a tree and bounded up the trunk - these were [B]Rufous Treecreepers[/B]. I saw them quite regularly during the morning, usually in small groups on the ground. The walk through the forest was very good for honeyeaters. The first I saw was a greenish-coloured and streaky [B]Yellow-plumed Honeyeater[/B], then later I saw a couple of [B]White-eared Honeyeaters[/B] and a busy group of [B]White-cheeked Honeyeaters[/B]. A large raptor flew over the canopy and from the shape and underwing pattern I was able to identify it as a [B]Little Eagle[/B]. Particularly fetching was a [B]Spotted Pardalote[/B], which manages to pack an awful lot of colour and pattern into a small package. In an area of low scrub I found another 'brown' fairy-wren but I noticed this was a bit different to the Splendid Fairy-wrens I'd been seeing. After a bit of scrutiny and book checking it became clear it was an eclipse male [B]Blue-breasted Fairy-wren[/B]. A small parrot whizzed over giving a high-pitched call, which helped me to identify it as a [B]Purple-crowned Lorikeet[/B]. There were plenty of other good birds about too: [B]Western Spinebill, Weebill, Inland Thornbill, Scarlet[/B] and [B]Red-capped Robins[/B] and [B]White-naped Honeyeater.[/B] Another look around a different part of the forest around midday produced fewer birds but I did encounter my first [B]Grey Shrike-thrushes[/B], looking more thrush than shrike to me. I then rather reluctantly hit the road and travelled southwest towards Stirling Ranges. There were some good, if brief, sightings on the way down including a hulking [B]Wedge-tailed Eagle[/B] being persued by [B]Australian Ravens[/B] over the road, three [B]Chestnut Teal[/B] and a quick [B]Red-capped Parrot[/B] feeding by the roadside. I hoped to get more prolonged views of each later in the trip. After checking into the very excellent [URL="http://www.stirlingrange.com.au/home.html"]Stirling Range Retreat [/URL] I disturbed a group of small birds from a tree outside my cabin. These turned out to be a group of [B]Dusky Woodswallows[/B] that were huddled tightly together to roost. [/QUOTE]
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