Hi All,
Just spent a whirlwind 6 days in the NT, birding around Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, Vic River, Timber Creek and Mataranka. In order of sites visited, highlights as follows:
Knuckey Lagoons – Little Curlew, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper Buffalo Creek – Chestnut Rail (heard), Little Kingfisher, Large-tailed Nightjar, Yellow White-eye Lee Point – Varied Lorikeet, Beach Thick-knee, Brown Booby Leanyer STW – Yellow Wagtail, Mangrove Robin, Mangrove Golden Whistler Pine Creek – Hooded Parrot, Bar-breasted Honeyeater Plum Tree Creek – Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon, Sandstone Shrike-Thrush, White-lined Honeyeater Nourlangie Rock – Banded Fruit-Dove, Peregrine Falcon Yellow Waters – Little Kingfisher, Black Bittern, Marsh Sandpiper Victoria River – Purple-crowned Fairywren, Black-breasted Buzzard, Yellow-rumped Mannikin, Barking Owl Timber Creek – Pictorella Mannikin, Gouldian Finch, Star Finch, Red-backed Kingfisher, Red-browed Pardalote, Spinifex Pigeon, Little Eagle, Oriental Plover Mataranka – Red Goshawk at the nest with a chick Edith Falls Rd – Hooded Parrot, Gouldian Finch Copperfield Dam – Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Pine Creek STW – Australian Bustard, Wood Sandpiper
So that’s the highlights. If anyone would like any more info, please let me know.
Regards and good birding!
Nick Leseberg
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