#Superb Parrot – Numurkah Showgrounds. A difficult name to live up to but this Lifer is doing a good job. The least likely and last site searched today and I had given up and headed for the car. Drove back to find BH focused on a nearby treetop and gesticulating wildly. Not fussed at all at the close human attention, or even the annoying presence of the Noisy Miners, but peed off pronto when a Magpie swept in missile like and nearly took its gorgeous head off.
PS Basically only found in this part of Vic and a walk up start for next year’s calendar.
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Some of BH’s pics from Darwin on the weekend. In Kakadu for a week and a bit for what can only be described as a birder’s bucket list tour.
#Black Kite-Lee Point. These raptors absolutely dominate the Lee Point beach and surrounds.
#Little Bronze Cuckoo-Buffalo Creek
#Spangled Drongo-Lee Point. Hands down, the best bird name going, bar none!
#Straited Heron-Buffalo Creek
#Arafura Fantail-Lee Point
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I assume the rainbow pitta is the holy grail bird ?
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Never heard of it but when I just read your post to BH she forced out a YES through gritted teeth and said it was her main target at Lee Point. One more chance on Sunday at the end of our Northern Loop.
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Some of BH’s pics from in and around Jabiru.
#Blue-winged Kookaburra
#Green Oriole
#Dusky Myzomela
#Red-winged Parrot
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Great pics!!!
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More BH pics of Kakadu birds
#Royal Spoonbill-Yellow Water, Kakadu. Not sure what Spoonbills taste like but clearly they don’t appeal to Salt Water Crocs.
#Red Tailed Black Cockatoo, Anbinik.
#Jabiru standing sentinel, Katherine.
#Pied Heron, Yellow Water
#Great Bowerbird, Nitmilik.
#Forest Kingfisher, Nitmilik
#Silver-crowned Friarbird, Nitmilik
#Red-backed Fairywren, Edith Falls.
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Didn’t know whether to put it in here or the Old Fish and Chippery post. At local footy finals in Colac.
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A gannet at Portland expressing its disapproval of being photographed.
Picture by outstanding local shutterbug, Darin Roos.
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