Hi all, Have just returned from another trip up this part of the world – water, water everywhere, it’s one big quagmire up there! The landscape looks fantastic though with fields of flowers and bird activity as I’ve never seen it before. Downfall of the wet conditions was that we couldn’t check sites for Grey Falcon and Grey Grasswren. And more rain is coming! Highlights: Thick-billed Grasswrens, Cinnamon Quail-thrush and 6 Chestnut-breasted Whiteface at Mt Lyndhurst 30 Wandering Whistling-ducks near Mungerrannie (not sure if they’ve been recorded before in SA, they don’t seem to on Birdata but I haven’t checked elsewhere yet) and also plenty of Plumed Whistling-ducks everywhere Various Inland Dotterels and many 10s Aus Pratincoles Banded Whiteface and Eyrean Grasswren on the Birdsville track 4 Letter-winged Kites, 1 Black-breasted Buzzard and 1 Gibberbird (close views) Strzelecki track And the 1st (for me) Rainbow Bee-eater for the year.
cheers
Peter Waanders
Southern Birding Services
PO Box 420 Waikerie, 5330 South Australia
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