Month: June 2016

28/4/16                                                                                     285km

By the time I’d had my breaky, packed had a shower, done my washing, put some tank water in the water tank, it was 9.00 when I set off. The road had been graded in between my arriving at Adels Grove and setting off on this trip, so the going was easy. Century mine T junction was my first stop, the creek was dry, with only 5 species (sp). There were still pools in most of the creek crossings, but none were now flowing. The Gregory Downs camp had a nice flow to it but was just in its normal channel, got 15sp with Purple-crowned Fairywren and Crimson Finch. The site 8km north of Gregory downs was already hot and dry and had 7sp. I put in a new site at a 100m mast SW of Burketown. It was next to a running creek, but cattle had access to it destroying the edges, although there was good riparian forest which had 10sp with Black-chinned Honeyeater. Beame Creek was in excellent condition with huge Pandanus dangling in the flowing water, 14sp with Northern Fantail and 5 Rufous Whistlers. My site in the  mudflats north of Burketown is now off limits, there have been too many idiots in 4wds making fools of themselves on the mud flats, so the local aboriginal owners have closed it off, good on ’em I say. I probably couldn’t have got out to the site anyway as the area is still flooded from the wet season. Put in another site at another 100m mast South of Burketown but in the drying grasslands there were only a pair of Black-shouldered Kites and a pair of Australian Ravens. Made it to Leichardt river falls at 16.10, found the track on the east bank, and promptly got stuck in the sand, but letting my tyres down was enough to get me through. I stopped perched above the falls, the track goes on to what should be a really nice vista along the river, but those fools in their 4wds just have get all the way in and have wrecked the area, the view down the river is still worth a look though, got 21sp by dark.

 

29/4                                                                                             281km

Up at dawn and did my washing in the river (no soap) I’m battling with a horde of ants that have made a home in the camper, they got into the washing up bowl to make a nest today, they paid a dear price, and I cleaned up the mess at the river. Took a photo along the deep calm stretch of the river below the falls, ended the survey with 26sp as I pumped my tyres back up to road pressure at 8.00 and headed east. M creek was dry but there were a few pools of water with 7sp. Flinders River was flowing and had 21sp with Pied Heron, the first I’ve seen for a long while, there was also a 2m long stingray snooping around the base of the falls. A Greenshank and a number of other water birds were in the rapids below the bridge, but there weren’t many bush birds. Through Normanton to just before the turn off to the boat ramp a small track leads in to The Common where you can find the Norman river and town dam. The raised dam had Plumed Whistling Duck, Green Pygmy Goose, the lower pools were drying out but had a Greenshank, the river was unproductive, all up 29sp. What I call the long billabong also known as Goose lagoon was drying out and only had 14sp of mainly bush birds. Underneath an apparent Whistling Kite’s nest were a few feathers of what I think was the adult, the full story I cannot tell. The Corduroy creek (birdlist is called split Billabong) had 13sp with more Pied Herons. Some ponds 19km S of Normanton had 13sp with a Pheasant Coucal. The rest stop QT124 amid the deserted ecological monoculture of a grasslands yielded only a Black Kite plying the road trade. At 15.55 I stopped at Bang Bang rest stop, in some low woodland, but there wasn’t much activity here either.

 

30/4                                                                                              341km

There was no traffic overnight, the first vehicles came through not long before dawn, so it was a quiet night’s sleep, apart from an Owlet Nightjar over night. I tracked down a calling Brown Goshawk to end with 14sp. Headed off at 7.25. At a random floodway north of Burke and Wills I got 15sp with Common Bronzewing. At my old site 10km S of Burke and Wills there were only 5sp in the drying grass, with some Red-backed Fairywrens. Upstream of the Corella river crossing there was probably some flowering going on as a constant stream of Varied Lorikeets were heading to a lot of noise not far away, all up 11sp with Red-browed Pardalote also here. Filled up with fuel at the Woolworths pumps and did my shopping, then headed for Chinaman Ck dam, with Mt. Leviathan in the background it makes a good scene, 14sp here. Got in to Clem Walton reserve at 16.10 and after a long search found where the others were camped, there is a second gate to go through to get to the actual reserve by the outflow of the dam.

1/5                                                                                                0km

Spent the day lounging and chatting with the others as they arrived one by one. Finished the survey at 16.00 with 40sp with Black Bittern the highlight.

 

2/5                                                                                             117km

Most of the following surveys are on private land that the owners aren’t willing to have birdos travelling on, so the reference to them is deliberately obscure. The only way to get to some of these sites will be to get involved with surveying for them.

Ken who is supposed to partner me is not arriving until later in the week, and Ernie and Colin are staying in Mt. Isa, so I set off alone at 6.20 to get to the meeting point south of Mt Isa with Ernie and Colin and was a bit late getting there. I went a bit further down the road to do my survey at 001k, starting the survey at 8.30, I did 10 surveys 200m apart through nice spinifex country, the only struggle was the endless tangle of huge Orb Weaver spider’s webs and a horrible sticky weed that coated my trousers. The search for grasswrens was fruitless, and I finished at 10.55 in the heat, and made my way back to the other two. They also hadn’t found any grasswrens, so they headed back to Mt. Isa and I went back up to where they had been surveying in Rifle Ck timber reserve, and spent the afternoon by the leaking watertank watching all the Zebra Finches and Diamond Doves come in to drink, there were also 20 Spinifex Pigeons taking their turn at the small pool. In the cooler afternoon I went for a walk around the local hills and played the grasswren tape a few times, but couldn’t find any.

 

 

 

 

3/5                                                                                               89km

Up at 6.00 and went in to Mt Isa to pick up Colin from the motel, and went to Mica Ck. They had seen the Kalkadoon Grasswren here a few days ago, and in the same spot we got a pair on the rocky slopes. We backtracked and surveyed a valley running the same direction, the woodland along the creek had a Black-tailed Treecreeper and Red-backed Kingfisher, the habitat up the rocky valley wasn’t as good, the steep sections had very little spinifex, we didn’t find any grasswrens. On the way back I saw that a ridge running south looked steep and rocky with spinifex, and on the third survey we got another pair. Headed back to Mt.Isa and dropped Colin off, then found the track to tomorrow’s site and did a survey at site k127 and got a lone male Kalkadoon Grasswren on the first survey on the top of the ridge, the boulders were huge here which made measuring the spinifex difficult, and in the end the 20m line north was mostly boulder. I found the track to the creek we are to survey tomorrow and followed it a short distance, knocking over a termite mound hidden in a clump of spinifex with a big thump, no damage to the car thankfully. I decided I wasn’t going to get anywhere here, then noted that the homestead wasn’t far away, they directed me to where the new track leads from, and got to the creek at 13.25 and had some much needed lunch. There was some light rain at 14.30 which activated the birds, so I went for a wander but couldn’t find any brilliant spot for grasswrens, I played the tape twice in the best spinifex in the area with no response, did find a pair of Hooded Robins and more Black-tailed Treecreepers.

 

4/5

Up at 5.00 and made my way to the motel in the dark. Picked up both Ernie and Colin and headed back to our creek. We walked to where the first survey spot was, and I started my survey there. They walked across the wide creek and surveyed the hills on the east side. I got a response on my third survey and had a good look at a female Carpentarian Grasswren at the head of a shallow gully. I called the others up on the two way and found where they were and we completed their survey together but couldn’t find any grasswrens. We crossed back over the creek to another known site and I spotted a pair in a gully at the site before we’d started to do the calls. They didn’t respond to the calls, so they never got any photos of the birds. We walked back to the spot where I got my bird and it responded to the calls but never showed itself. Walked back to the car and we went to the Mt Isa sewerage ponds and got 40sp, there wasn’t any good habitat, and apart from 3 Glossy Ibis the birds were all pedestrian. I spotted a possible crake, but couldn’t get any diagnostics on it as it darted for cover. The reason for all this toing and froing is that Ernie’s car is broken down, the part to fix Ernie’s car didn’t get in until too late to fix it today, so it’ll get fixed tomorrow. The site for tomorrow is a six km walk so I drove down to the start of the track to make sure it existed and camped by a spectacular little rock formation just before dark, and had a look around.

 

 

5/5

Up at 6.00 and drove back into Mt. Isa and picked up Colin and came back and did the long slow drive to as close as we could get to site k96, and did the long walk in. We started surveying along a marginal low range without any luck and crossed over to the main range, it was a hot walk and the steep rocky hills took its toll on me. We found a Spinifexbird on a rocky outcrop, which we tried to turn in to a grasswren unsuccessfully. By the time we’d made it to the main site, we were both knackered, and me more so than Colin, we hadn’t brought enough food or water. We had one shot at getting the Kalkadoon Grasswren and we failed, so we turned and made our way back to the car the easiest way we could, taking some rest breaks in the shade and drinking the last drop of water 2km before we made it back to the car, we each sculled a 1.25L bottle of nice cold water from my fridge, pausing only to crunch our way through an icypole each. Just as we were finishing our drinks a station hand rolled up and asked us what we were doing. It seems that another hand had driven by my car and reported it to the manager who knew nothing about us. He demanded that we leave immediately, which we did with our apologies. We had been assured that all the stations that we were visiting had been notified, oops! It was nearly dark by the time we made it back to the motel, they let me have a nice hot shower in the motel room, and after arranging where to meet tomorrow I walked across the road to Hungry Jacks and had a medium meal. Their hamburger was quick, but not a patch on a real hamburger, but I was happy enough to wolf it down, as we’d had no real lunch. I followed it up with a raspberry slushy which tasted only of chemicals, but I was again thankful of something cold and wet. I filled the car up at 1.18cpl with a 4c discount at the Woolworths Caltex servo, got some milk, fruit and fly spray for those pesky ants that are still in my camper and headed for McIntyre Rd. The spot Carpentarian c125 was only a few km up the now bitumen road that leads to a mine, and camped on the side of the road.

 

 

 

 

 

6/5

Heard a Spotted Nightjar overnight. Up at 6.30 and had a leisurely breaky, no commute to Mt Isa today, Ernie and Colin arrived at 7.00, I asked to do the survey here as I’d already got the nightjar, and I asked them to go back a bit and survey. I was doing my second survey when they walked by behind me, I told them that there’s no point in us surveying the same area, and directed them north. My search proved fruitless, I did ten surveys without any response. I drove up to my old spot 9km north at Mt Isa grasswren survey 543 and did another 10 surveys and got no response. I got an sms to say that they were heading off, we’d arranged to meet around midday so I was a bit miffed. Over the last few days I’ve been getting progress reports on their replacement, Ken, I arranged to meet him some time in the arvo at the start of McIntyre Rd, it was late in the arvo when he turned up, it was only a short drive to where I wanted to camp to start tomorrows surveys, so we had plenty of time to get there and spend a bit of time chatting as we cooked dinner. We had a pair of Black-breasted Buzzards fly over the camp. There was water in the nearby creek so the mozzies assailed me early and so I retired and was abed by 19.30.

7/5                                                                                                   61km

We had our breakies and hit the track just after dawn and did 10 surveys in nice looking spinifex, we had our hopes up with a bird skulking around the spinifex, but it turned out to be a Spinifexbird, still a nice find, we ended the survey around the camp with 40sp. And drove about 6km east and did another 10 surveys without luck, we had more Spinifexbird and the first White-winged Fairywren that I’ve seen using spinifex. We drove on east until I saw an escarpment on our left that looked good country for Carpentarian Grasswrens, the closest gully had no response, in the furthest gully we were successful with a pair of them, Ken got some shots of the female as it circled around us out in then open, so the long hot slog of a day had its rewards on the last chance, and we made our way back to the car in good spirits. We drove in to station homestead and found out that some of the areas we wanted to survey in were on another Station, so they rang them for us and we got permission to survey on their land. Drove down past the the creek we’d surveyed on the 4th and got as close as we could to tomorrows site and camped by the creek, the billabong had water in it, but as usual the cattle has access to it and it was horribly fouled. We got our first Red-winged Parrots in the area before dark, we got our cooking done before dark and retreated as the mozzies emerged.

 

8/5                                                                                                64km

The walk in to the site c132 wasn’t too bad, along the ridge, we started surveying 1km before the actual site, and since we didn’t get any grasswrens at the site we continued past it, but after the 10 surveys we still hadn’t found any, so we made the decision to walk the 3.7km to the next site, but it became obvious that it was too far for us as the heat took hold, so we aborted and made it back to the car. We followed the farm tracks through to the Old May downs road past all the watering places for the cattle, and stopped at a huge dam which had a howling wind across it, the camp spot however was protected by some trees, and we lazed the afternoon away, there was a White-bellied Sea-eagle’s nest out in the dam and at dusk it came in low over the dam wall and I spotted what looked like a juvenile on the nest. Later in near dark I waded out a bit for a no soap wash and nearly had a Brolga land on my head, with a panicked squawk it aborted its landing attempt just in time and it disappeared into the gathering gloom.

9/5                                                                                                222km

During the night there were a few thunderstorms about, but it wasn’t until 5.00 that we got any rain, and it was quite light. As we got out on to the road though we saw that there’d been a lot more rain west of us and the road was quite soggy. We weren’t doing much damage so we kept going, and got to the station homestead at about 7.30, where it was still raining. After chatting with the manager he advised us not to go on until the roads had dried, so we cooled our heels at the station. We noticed that Ken’s left rear tyre was going flat, so changed it, but the wheel nut spanner for the Ford Territory was useless, we borrowed one from the station because mine didn’t fit, we then had lunch and the manager said we could leave but only back the way we came as the road we wanted to go on was over black soil plains and we wouldn’t get through. We were told that there was a track from the large dam we’d camped at that would take us where we wanted, but the condition of the road was a lot worse than when we came in, so we decided to stick to that rather than chance our luck on farm tracks, we did site C210 which near my site at Burketown junction Barkly Hwy and got a pair of Carpentarian Grasswrens on the first survey thankfully, we checked out the large farm dam which was full of water, and headed for our campsite near site C112, and cooked dinner, the sunset was brilliant red after a top temperature of 23 degrees.

10/5                                                                                              89km

Up at dawn and drove the short distance to Carpentarian C57 site which was right on the road and had very little spinifex, so we got no grasswrens, we then wound our way to the escarpment doing surveys every 200m with no luck then along the escarpment to the old microwave tower, and finally back down the road a bit until we ran out of spinifex, no grasswrens. Drove up towards Camoweal and I stopped at the farm gate, while Ken drove in to town to get fuel and some supplies. When he came back we drove in along a track that had obviously been boggy yesterday, but was now mostly dry, to a well, there the track ended, I had a look around and couldn’t find where the track was, so it being a long distance from the site we decided not to do it and drove back along the Hwy to last night’s camp and a bit further down the track to the fenceline, along the fenceline until we came to a creek, and camped. Later the owner came along and we chatted with him for a while, unfortunately he’s one that continues to burn the spinifex too often, and we couldn’t convince him to do otherwise, but was genial enough. The rest of the afternoon was spent lazing in my chair, there was little activity along the creek, so late in the arvo I had a wander down it and it was lifeless until one area of apparently no different habitat to the rest of the area, but there they all were, from Black-faced Woodswallows to White-winged Trillers, a flock of Budgerigars, but the pick was a lone Ground Cuckoo-shrike, as I left the area, I heard a thornbill call but didn’t recognize it, with a bit of pishing I coaxed out an Inland Thornbill. The sunset was another beauty, with all the colours, from deep magenta to brilliant gold, and shining silver, it lasted for ages as it went through the hues, the contrast in the last few days to the first few is stark, with temperatures not getting to 25 degrees and a stiff cool wind.

11/5                                                                                                21km

Overnight it got down to 14 degrees, I had to put a jumper on. We got into good enough habitat to start surveying within 1km, and we followed the line of the escarpment, doing surveys every 200m including the site where they had been seen before, and another 3 surveys past that, with no detected grasswrens, we made a 90 degree turn to cross the ridge, but it turned out to be a large plateau, with no more good habitat for the grasswrens, so we made a beeline for the cars, and headed for site C209, the track first veered off line and to an unmarked bore then deteriorated into an ungraded track that hadn’t been used lately, we backtracked past the bore to see if we hadn’t missed the track, but no, I managed to convince Ken to persist, reluctantly he agreed, first it went down a creek, then followed a fence line, all the time unconvincingly in the right direction, eventually it rejoined the original track near another bore and soon we were opposite the intended site for tomorrow, and we set up camp, and relaxed after lunch. It was another day of cool wind and low temperatures, so for the third day in a row, no icypoles! In the late afternoon I went for a walk along the nearby creek and got a Pictorella Mannikin. Dinner just before dark and bed not long after dark as usual.

12/5                                                                                                32km

Off at dawn up the nearby hill, and got into reasonable habitat quite soon, so started surveying, but found nothing up to the old site on the side of the hill, the next survey was in a shallow gully on the side of the hill where we found a lone female Carpentarian Grassrwen, did our measurements of the habitat and headed back to the cars. Had a quick look at the waterhole but there was nothing using it so headed off to the new site at C111 along rarely used tracks, at one point we came to a fence across the road with no gate, thankfully someone had already cut it and repaired it so we undid the repair drove through and refixed it. Ken wasn’t too happy about some of the creek crossings as his car was only AWD rather than my 4WD, but we got to our campsite with no real hassles. In the creek nearby was another waterhole with a juvenile White-necked Heron having almost 100% success rate of catching fish in the grassy edges of the pool, there was a little bit of damage from cattle, but it was largely in great shape, and we lazed the arvo away in the shade on the side of the pool. For the first time in a few days there were no clouds to create a sunset spectacular, instead it went from 31 degrees to 25 degrees quite quickly, dinner was had just before sundown and bed was not long after.

 

13/5

Up the hill we went soon after first light with eager steps into what looked like good habitat but after the ten survey stops we had nothing to report as far as grasswrens were concerned, so down the hill we trudged. Drove the few kms to the next site which didn’t look as good and after only 7 survey stops we had run out of habitat, so back to the car for lunch. It looked like an easy run up to the main road, far from it, the track ended at a bore, so we followed a track to another bore, then a fainter track that led nowhere, we were soon driving along fence lines where no one had driven for ages, at one stage I lost my cool in frustration, but then we saw that we could get through a gate into another property and a vehicle had been along it, after following fence lines that went in the direction I wanted we eventually made it out to a station homestead. In conditions like these a mapping gps is essential, so you can see exactly where you are and where you want to go, even if the tracks marked bear no resemblance to reality. We knocked on the door but no one was around, so we followed their main track out to the road, Ken went to Mt Isa, and I headed for Adels Grove. I stopped at Mt. King Ck, which was dry and had only a few birds in the late afternoon heat. Inca Ck had a long pool and Had a Sacred Kingfisher. The road up toward Gregory was generally okay with a few rough spots and the beginnings of corrugations. Made it to Thornton River at 17.35, and was greeted by a large pool at the roadside, so popped the top up right next to the water, and watched a few birds come in to drink in the evening such as Red-tailed Black Cockatoos. Bed not long after dark, it’s been a hard few days with little reward.

14/5

Up early and added a few more birds then a short drive to my site on Gregory Downs Rd, for 12sp with Red-browed Pardalote. The road on to Gregory Downs was quite rough, but as I turned off towards Adels Grove the track being much less used since the end of season grading was quite good. O’shannassy River was it’s usual picturesque best but the only finches I could find were Double-barred, 16sp all up. Just around the corner at 10.00 it was already hot, so Riversleigh Station had only 10sp. The Gregory river had a good flow over the causeway and I got Purple-crowned Fairywren, Crimson Finch and Long-tailed Finch, but only 10sp all up. Louie Ck south of Adels Grove had a lot of water-lilly on the upside of the ford which had a Dusky Moorhen, and a Merton’s Water Monitor Lizard resting on a log. Got in to Adels Grove at about midday.

17/5

Up and a had a big breakfast, and met up with the chopper pilot and Cameron, and shortly after 7.00 we were up and across to and old BHP mining camp that the rangers also once used but is now abandoned, with a bit off ferrying of other survey teams to do it was 9.10 before Cameron and I were set down at the site Lawn Hill NP carpy 1 to survey, we spent the morning along one ridge, then a kilometre walk across the valley to a higher hill and up a nice looking gully, around the side of the hill and back to the landing site by 13.30, we did 12 surveys in mostly marginal country. The repeated hot fires have done a lot of damage to the habitat, with mainly Snappy gums and the spinifex growing back on the hills, I seeked out the best areas I could but could find no evidence of Carpentarian Grasswrens. The chopper arrived bang on time, and it was back to the old mining camp and then back to Adels Grove, a long and exhausting day for no reward. The total bird count for the day was 23sp with a Spotted Harrier, carrying what looked like a snake, or long-tailed lizard, most of the birds were in the valley which had some large pools of water in the creek.

 

Bird list for the trip. % is of the 44 surveys done. B is for breeding

• Hardhead Aythya australis 1 (2.27%)
• Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 3 (6.82%) (B)
• Grey Teal Anas gracilis 2 (4.55%)
• Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 1 (2.27%)
• Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 1 (2.27%)
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 1 (2.27%)
• Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera 11 (25.00%)
• Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 10 (22.73%)
• Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 10 (22.73%)
• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 14 (31.82%)
• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 20 (45.45%)
• Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 5 (11.36%)
• Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 1 (2.27%)
• Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 1 (2.27%)
• Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 3 (6.82%)
• Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 6 (13.64%)
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 1 (2.27%)
• Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa 1 (2.27%)
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 3 (6.82%)
• Sarus Crane Antigone antigone 1 (2.27%)
• Brolga Antigone rubicunda 4 (9.09%)
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 2 (4.55%)
• Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 5 (11.36%)
• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 4 (9.09%)
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1 (2.27%)
• Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax 1 (2.27%)
• Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 1 (2.27%)
• Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 1 (2.27%)
• Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 1 (2.27%)
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 (2.27%)
• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 9 (20.45%)
• Great Egret Ardea alba 1 (2.27%)
• Pied Heron Egretta picata 2 (4.55%)
• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 5 (11.36%)
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2 (4.55%)
• Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 2 (4.55%)
• Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 1 (2.27%)
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1 (2.27%)
• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 3 (6.82%)
• Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 (2.27%)
• Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 3 (6.82%)
• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (2.27%)
• Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon 1 (2.27%)
• Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 4 (9.09%)
• Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis 1 (2.27%)
• Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 3 (6.82%)
• Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 (2.27%)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 2 (4.55%)
• Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 11 (25.00%)
• Black Kite Milvus migrans 21 (47.73%)
• Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 4 (9.09%)
• Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 9 (20.45%)
• Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 3 (6.82%)
• Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius 8 (18.18%)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 8 (18.18%)
• Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 4 (9.09%)
• Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 3 (6.82%)
• Brown Falcon Falco berigora 5 (11.36%)
• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 16 (36.36%)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 1 (2.27%)
• Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 13 (29.55%) (B)
• Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 8 (18.18%)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 2 (4.55%)
• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 6 (13.64%)
• Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 5 (11.36%)
• Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 9 (20.45%)
• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 20 (45.45%)
• Spotted Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus maculatus 5 (11.36%)
• Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 4 (9.09%)
• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus 7 (15.91%)
• Purple-crowned Fairy-wren Malurus coronatus 1 (2.27%)
• Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 13 (29.55%)
• Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 9 (20.45%)
• White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus 1 (2.27%)
• Carpentarian Grasswren Amytornis dorotheae 4 (9.09%)
• Kalkadoon Grasswren Amytornis ballarae 2 (4.55%)
• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 5 (11.36%)
• Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 9 (20.45%)
• Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis 4 (9.09%)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 3 (6.82%)
• White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 1 (2.27%)
• Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 3 (6.82%)
• Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi 16 (36.36%) (B)
• Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula 6 (13.64%)
• Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 5 (11.36%)
• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 11 (25.00%)
• Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 13 (29.55%)
• Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus 6 (13.64%)
• Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 23 (52.27%)
• Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 25 (56.82%)
• Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis 3 (6.82%)
• Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 17 (38.64%)
• Ground Cuckoo-shrike Coracina maxima 1 (2.27%)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 17 (38.64%)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 2 (4.55%)
• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 9 (20.45%)
• Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 20 (45.45%)
• Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 5 (11.36%)
• Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis 7 (15.91%)
• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 3 (6.82%)
• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 9 (20.45%)
• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 17 (38.64%)
• Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus 8 (18.18%)
• Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 16 (36.36%)
• Little Woodswallow Artamus minor 3 (6.82%)
• White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 4 (9.09%)
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 28 (63.64%)
• Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa 5 (11.36%)
• Torresian Crow Corvus orru 1 (2.27%)
• Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 24 (54.55%)
• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 11 (25.00%)
• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 24 (54.55%)
• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea 6 (13.64%)
• Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 6 (13.64%)
• Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris 1 (2.27%)
• Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata 4 (9.09%)
• Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 6 (13.64%)
• Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis 1 (2.27%)
• Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 2 (4.55%)
• Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 2 (4.55%)
• Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 24 (54.55%)
• Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 5 (11.36%)
• Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 (2.27%)
• Spinifexbird Poodytes carteri 4 (9.09%)
• Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 2 (4.55%)
• Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (2.27%)
• Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (2.27%)
• Greylag Goose Anser anser 1 (2.27%)
• Domestic Duck 1 (2.27%)

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