Hi all, I’ve just returned from a family trip through SW Qld / NE SA outback, Waikerie – Broken Hill – Bourke – Bowra Stn – Innamincka – Flinders Ranges – Waikerie. 3200 km in 8 days with 3 kids. It went amazingly well but understandably birding was reduced to the absolute necessities. Which I found at Bowra, in Chestnut-breasted Quailthrush, Hall’s Babbler and Spotted Bowerbird. Other goodies included Black-breasted Buzzard, Brolga, Bourke’s Parrot and Plum-headed Finch at Bowra, Black Falcon and Inland Dotterel between Noccundra and the SA border, and nesting Letter-winged Kite along the Strzelecki track (a different nest yet again). I didn’t look for Grasswrens, as that is not a very child-friendly exercise, but instead spent an enjoyable milestone birthday around Innamincka. Innamincka, having had 50mm of rain on Tues/Wed, was a quagmire full of stranded campers. The Coopers Creek was flowing full force and was lined by tens of egrets, herons and Night-herons. An amazing sight. People were pulling almost foot-long yabbies out the creek by hand. I also saw a Bustard here. The red and white sand dunes, and (often indundated) swales in between them, along the northern Strz track had plenty of colourful wildflowers. Budgies were buzzing around everywhere and Cockatiels were also quite plentiful. Pretty amazing country out there at the moment.
cheers
Peter Waanders Southern Birding Services PO Box 420 Waikerie, South Australia
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