Having returned from two idyllic weeks of birding the Friesian Islands of northern Holland, it was great to finally get home to The Alice where the weather in my absence seems to have been decidedly… Dutch. The rain has continued in Alice in the earlier part of the week and we even had a thick fog earlier in the week. The Centre is still very much underwater with many watercourses to the west still flowing and a bit of water still coming down the Todd.
Ilparpa swamps are nice and full with plenty of White-faced Herons and Black-winged Stilts. I had two Pallid Cuckoos sitting on power lines on Ilparpa road just before the claypans, and a wee bit further on I had great views of a soaring Black-breasted Buzzard as I passed through Honeymoon Gap. Good to be home.
Chris Watson Alice Springs ===============================
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Chris – yes I noticed the first PC of the season – again on the wire – just outside my house at Eastside yesterday. Haven’t heard any calling yet – perhaps a bit cool. And the swamps are very full – flew into town the other day and they looked great! Bob Gosford Eastside, Alice Springs
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