Yellow Chat 12 Mile Creek Marmor QLD

After a recent report decided to make a 5th attempt at locating a Yellow Chat at 12 Mile Creek and / or Port Alma Salt-Works area as I drove out of QLD for NT on Sunday 23 February. This time success! Arrived about lunchtime, windy and cloudy with sunny breaks, recent rain made the area fairly muddy underfoot. Went through the gate to the turnaround – mud on my brand new 4 x 4 tyres! Walked along the creek edge in a north easterly direction for about 300 metres from the parking area, putting my bins up at any sign of movement. Saw a likely candidate from about 50 metres away and behind me, flying in the open along the creek and in a basically northerly direction and noted it as an obvious male Yellow Chat. Bird drew level where I was standing about 20 metres away and made an immediate turn to the left away from me landing in the grass on the other side of the creek. That was it! Spent a total 2 hours in the area but made no other Chat sightings. Rob Burgoyne _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org