Hi all, I was meant to post the following on birdline but ran out of time and its a little late now, but i thought i would post the sighting of Rainbow Pitta on here for those travelling out Kakadu direction.
On the longweekend just gone…10th June i saw the Rainbow Pitta….Usually i see Rainbow Pitta at Howard Springs in Darwin EVERY time i go there, but i was very happy to stumble across one on my own the other day. We were travelling along the Old Jim jim r.d in kakadu area, heading towards Darwin and we came to a body of water/river crossing which is the Sth Alligator river i believe its called. We crossed over the river and parked on the right hand side. On the right hand side, heading to Darwin direction, there is a stand of Bamboo. Running next to the Bamboo is a track that leads to a gate thats shut off with a broken wooden sign next to it. I could hear the sound of something hopping along in the bamboo litter/leaf litter on the ground and suspected Rainbow Pitta. I bent down and peered between the bamboo and there was a Rainbow pitta a few feet from me in a frozen pose staring at me…it then kept hopping and i watched it dissapear… I was rather excited to stumble across something so unexpected. Just thought i would share the location with those heading out kakadu way that are going down the Old jim jim r.d. The road was in good condition too at this time of year and the river crossing isn’t that bad/deep at all…
kirri 😀
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