Month: September 2021

15/9/21 217km
Up 5.00 and packed the car kissed Bev goodbye at 7.00 and went up to the Council Shed to fill up the water container, check my tyre pressures and have a quick chat with Brett my boss who is just coming back from a break of 5 weeks. I had some time to kill so went up to the Nackeroo lookout Rd site and got the Black-tailed Treecreepers that are always there and the Masked and Long-tailed Finches that come to the road side, it looks like they are taking minerals from the side of the bitumen. I then went to the water tanks where the water leak has been plugged but there’s just enough moisture around the base of the tank to keep the Double-barred Finches interested. Handed in my time sheets at the medical clinic, filled up with diesel and headed west. First stop was Kennedy Ck where it still wasn’t too hot, so with a few eucalypts in flower there were a few honeyeaters active and a Black-necked Stork came soaring down the dry creekbed, it kept on going. Saddle Ck was dry and not as active as usual, and Truck park Victoria Hwy only had 2sp. Into Keep River NP and Cockatoo Lagoon was holding good water still and had Magpie Geese, both Plumed and Wandering Whistling Ducks and another Black-necked Stork. Up to Goorrandalng camp on the dirt road that was quite corrugated and had lunch then dozed and hid in the shade on the hot sultry day. Later I went and did the short walk and heard the Sandstone Shrike-thrush and after dinner I was relaxing in my chair when I heard a pigeon fly and then a twang as it hit a fence, it lay stunned on the track, I was able to approach quite close to it and get close ups of it, eventually it gathered itself together and ran off, I followed it a bit and waited until I saw it fly off before retiring. Not long after I went to bed I heard a Bush Stone Curlew start wailing, it must have been an hour later when a second one also called and they both got very excited. I lost count of the amount of times they woke me up during the night with their exuberant calls filling up the night. One bout was only a few metres from the car.

A day without cheese

Another sultry day
Another day without rain
the grey clouds they gather
the grey clouds they disappoint
hiding in the shady Hades
there's no escape
the last zephyr tentatively rustles the leaves
the sun sets behind the escarpment
Sweat beads run races down my face
Suck the top and see the journey
Drop the middle and gain some money
Choose the bottom and live the honey
Was it worth it in the end
This is driving me round the bend
Heatstroke coma
Now it's all over
Desiccated clover
Decimated mover
Dedicated loser

16/9 20km
Up with the sun and added a few more birds to the list before setting out for Jenemoom walk. Unsurprisingly the swampy area was dry, with no water birds at all, On the eastern edge I spotted some Long-tailed Finches, and had a closer look in the immediate area and found a small soak, so it’s not quite completely dry. No one else had been on the walk so I disturbed a few White-quilled Rock Pigeons by the track side and with them was an Emerald Dove. Later in the shady grove near the end of the track was a Green-backed Gerygone calling. I staked out the only pool in the chasm but there was nothing using it apart from a Night Heron that I flushed from its perch in a nearby tree. I then drove the short distance to the Jarnem camp and spent the day sheltering from the heat under some shady pandanus trees. There are quite a few trees in bloom here attracting a lot of Silver-crowned Friarbirds, Blue-faced Honeyeaters and Red-collared Lorikeets.

Another day without cheese

Sometimes when the night is long
The full moon is rising
I may lay awake and think about you
And I wonder do you remember me too?
Do you remember how you cut my heart?
The tears would run races down my face
As I huddled into a tiny ball
despite my urgent pleas
You left me with soggy chips
tangled weeds and rancid cheese
Those days are long gone
The tears are no longer here
But bitter memories linger
And I’ll still point an accusing finger

17/9 294km
Walked out to Policeman waterhole a soon as it got light, There was plenty of water in the hole with a good variety of birds both along the walk and by the waterhole. I was pleased to find the Bar-breasted Honeyeater again. The Pheasant Coucals are everywhere and very vocal as they are here at this time of year. I was hot and sweaty by the time I got back and it was only 9.00. I had planned to go down the Duncan’s Rd, but it was closed due to Covid restrictions so I headed back along the Victoria Hwy and had lunch at Big Horse Creek where there was a Common Sandpiper at the boat ramp. Stopped at Dingo Springs and missed Crimson Finch but got Long-tailed Finch. Headed down the Buchanan Hwy taking it easy on the tyre destroying surface and stopped at Lily waterhole, it was dry, as was the creek, but the birds were still active at 14.30 on a hot day. I got to Jasper Gorge at 15.00 and went for a walk along the almost 1km long waterhole lined with pandanus. I got some Crimson Finches and a Leaden Flycatcher, and later I saw a Collared Sparrowhawk with a small prey. The coucals are active here with their booming calls echoing through the gorge.

18/9 462km
It wasn’t long after the sun went down when the Spotted Nightjar started up, later a Boobook Owl started to warm up, in the distance a Tawny Frogmouth was humming, and for a brief second during the night an Owlet Nightjar let out a call, it’s not very often I get 4sp of night birds calling in one area. I had breakfast with all the Red-winged Parrots zooming around the trees exuberantly. I was on the road early and got to the Victoria River crossing in good time. There’s been a fall of rain through the area which has livened things up, the river was flowing over the causeway. The rain had fallen at Wilson Ck too so there was a fresh pool in the creek. The Rufous-throated Honeyeaters were taking bath after bath washing off 6 months of dust, there was also a pair of Pictorella Mannikins, and a pair of Brown Falcons, the female almost looking like a Black Falcon, they were feeding at least one chick on the nest. I went through Top Springs to Illawarra Ck which had missed the rain and was dry as. There was a kerfuffle in the tree above me and I looked up to see two female Peaceful Doves lined up on a tree branch together and a male was dancing on the top of both of them mating with them several times until another male tried to but in, it was chased away, but the females took off too. I turned back to Top Springs and headed up the Buntine Hwy towards Katherine. Coolibah Ck N was dry with a Northern Fantail. Delamere Range facility T junction had very little activity in what looked like good quality woodland though it was 13.30 on a hot day that got to 38C. I got to Delamere Station dam at 14.10 and spent 1/2hr here with about 200 Plumed Whistling Ducks, 11 Darters, I’ve never seen so many in one place, there were a few Whiskered Terns plunging in to the dam. Back to the Victoria Hwy for a short stint, but it was long enough to get run off the road by a road train driver. I knew as soon as he started to overtake me he didn’t have enough room before the next corner, he hadn’t even got his second trailer of three past me before he was supposed to be in the left lane, so he just put on his indicator and shoved me off the road. I have no respect for truck drivers, they are ignorant arrogant SOBS to a man, they think they can do what they like on the road. If I hadn’t been alert to his move he could have killed me, and if another vehicle had come around the bend someone would have died. He was still in view when I turned off the highway on to Dry River Rd and camped at Dry River, it was a bit too late for much activity especially with the river living up to its name and the small wetland also being dry. There were however lots of Varied Lorikeets zooming around.

19/9 399km
Last night I had left the doors open too long trying to cool the inside of the car down with the late afternoon breeze and several mozzies had infiltrated the car. When I went to wash myself after dark they attacked, I killed two and thought I’d won the battle, but as I lay down to sleep there was an ominous whine. I turned the lights on but couldn’t find it, so I made a wad out of my sleeping sheet and for several minutes I flailed around the inside of the camper. When I lay down again all was quiet. The timing was perfect as I lay there a Spotted Nighjar started up and then what sounded like a quartet of Bush-stone Curlews, I would awaken several times during the night to hear them calling. It was nearly a full moon and a Pied Butcherbird would be calling every time I woke up, its dulcet tones giving sound to a beautiful night. It was a very pleasant dawn chorus this morning that included the Pied Butcherbird, just on dawn everything went quiet, and then wave after wave of cattle came running up the road, there was a mustering chopper I could hear quite a few kilometres away, but I never saw what was driving them. After breaky there was a lot of noise coming from across the road, most of the birds were Banded Honeyeaters and Varied Lorikeets about 80 birds all together. My first stop was Gorrie Station T junction which was a good little woodland again, with Jackie Winters, Leaden Flycatchers and another mob of Varied Lorikeets. Bitter Springs in Mataranka was full of swimmers but still managed a few birds including a Shining Flycatcher. 41km North of Mataranka was dry and hot and only a few birds. Likewise 10km east of Katherine. I did a bit of shopping in Katherine, bought my lunch at the Brumby’s bakery and ate it at Katherine Low Bridge NR which was hot and full of noisy fruitbats. Pine Creek cemetery had nothing special at the sewerage ponds and the cemetery itself was birdless. I camped at Harriet Ck and got a Pied Imperial Pigeon and Helmeted Friarbird and lots of Painted Grasshawk dragonflies.

20/9 75km
Late in the avo 3 cars rolled up and a bunch of young ones set up camp, I knew they were going to give me grief and sure enough it was 23.00 when they turned off the music and went to bed. Not long after that the Pied Butcher Bird started singing to the moon, another all nighter. Just up the road is Big Nellie Ck which had a small pool under the bridge with lots of finches using it. I was disappointed to find that Gunlom camp was closed apparently because people are vandalizing the rock art in the area. Some people have no respect. I did the Yurmikmik walk. I found a small pool and sat by it for a while but there was nothing using it. Back to Kambolgie Creek camp and as I got out of the car I heard an ominous hissing, sure enough there was a bit of metal jutting from one of my rear tyres, not the old front ones of course. I got the tyre off and cleaned and reemed the hole, but try as I might I couldn’t get the plug through the hole. Some rangers turned up but they couldn’t get it through and another traveler turned up, he had a slightly larger reemer and after several tries I eventually got the plug in, it had taken nearly an hour. I went down to the creek which had a large waterhole and spent the afternoon in the shade with disappointingly little activity. At 16.30 I pumped up the tyre and went for a bit of a drive to charge up the house battery then had dinner.

21/9 294km
As I went to bed last night I discovered that I hadn’t charged the house battery up enough, as the fridge died. So I started up the car and idled it for 1/2hr and did a bit of an experiment with the fridge, I could get all the food into the larger of the two compartments so I turned the other one off. And went to bed hopeful but doubtful. As I got to bed a pair of Barking Owls started up, getting quite excited about it all, it’s really quite amusing. This morning when I woke up I realized that last night was the full moon but there was no Pied Butcherbird to serenade it, he was around for the dawn chorus though. The fridge had made it through the night which was gratifying, and my tyre had stayed up, double gratification. First stop for the day was 128km S of Jabiru which was poor looking country with a burn and overgrazed look to it, I did get some Long-tailed Finches. Next was Gungural camp which used to be free but now has fees, the Alligator River was dry but the trees had some new birds for the trip such as Spangled Drongo, Varied Triller and Lemon-bellied Flycatcher. 103km S of Jabiru was better looking than 128km site and had Jackie Winter more Long-tailed Finches with Masked Finches and because it had unburnt grass it had Red-backed Fairywren. Culvert 59km S of Jabiru had Grey-crowned Babblers and Black-tailed Treecreepers in good woodland. Mardugal camp was disappointing but still had a White-bellied Sea Eagle over the river and a Blue-winged Kookaburra having a bath in the overflowing tank, but when I went to take his photo he took off, not as much of a camp kookaburra as I thought. Nourlangie Rock was hot and dry with only a few Silver-crowned Friarbirds for company. Anbangbang billabong had water in and a good number of waterbirds. It was here I had lunch and here that I discovered my mistake from last night. In repacking the fridge I hadn’t been careful in my placement of things and during my morning’s drive the yoghurt container had slipped sideways dispensing most of its contents over the top of things under it, messy. I rearranged the fridge so it wouldn’t get any messier and drove on. Burdulba Ck had a few pools and a few birds. Malabanjbanjdu camp had water in the wetland with a few waterbirds using it. Jabiru Town lake had Crimson Finches and a nesting Whistling Kite. Cahill’s Crossing had at least 10 large Saltwater Crocodiles upstream of the crossing, the rainforest walk was disappointing with a lot of smelly Black Fruitbats in the trees above. Mamukala bird hide was good, the birds were just in front of the hide with no one else around to disturb them. I got around to cleaning up the mess that the yoghurt had made in the eve, it wasn’t as bad as I’d feared, there were only two bags that were yoghurtised, the first one I cleaned what I could off and turned it inside out to use as a waste bag, the other was the onion bag which was messy. I then cleaned up the bottom of the fridge, putting what I could back into the container to eat then cleaned up what was left. I had some of the yoghurt for dinner, it was okay. Strawberry yoghurt with a hint of onion anyone?

22/9 298km
On the road early and stopped at South Alligator River picnic area where there were a lot of bush birds in the thin strip along the river side including Rufous-banded and Red-headed Honeyeaters and a Mangrove Grey Fantail. A short way down the road at South Alligator river offshoot were some Common Greenshanks. Kakadu NP old info bay was a bit boring. Up the Point Stuart Rd to Mistake Billabong that was a bit disappointing and Shady camp wasn’t worth the effort of going to this time. Back to the Arnhem Hwy and to Mary River Billabong which had Green-backed Gerygone and a Yellow-bellied Snake that I almost stood on. The hot walk out to Bird Billabong netted a Red-kneed Dotterel amongst the waterbirds on the drying backwater billabong. I met another birdo at Leaning Tree Lagoon where there were the usual wetland birds. Scotts Ck Dujbkinj NP was dry but got my first Forest Kingfisher for the trip. I went to Harrison dam to camp, from about 16.30 when I arrived there was a steady stream of 4wds arriving. This is a shooters reserve and wildfowl are fair game. The air is filled with the upsetting sound of gunshot as they blast wildly at passing wildfowl, it seems rather base to me, just another macho meathead moron brigade, I’m presuming that what they’re doing is legal, but I don’t think it’s right for us to be killing our native wild species. I kept rooting for the mainly Magpie Geese willing them on as they flew overhead, and didn’t see any fall out of the sky so maybe my prayers for them worked. Where I’m camped though there are eight corpses of Magpie Geese, presumably shot, so someone had their grizzly success.

23/9 173km
The first 4wd arrived at 4.30 and by 6.00 there were at least 15 when the shooting started even before it got light, there was a constant barrage until I left at 7.00, ironically I got a new bird for the trip here, a large-tailed Nightjar, Pok Poking at various times through the night, there were some Bush Stone-curlews and a pair of Barking Owls which were really upset with all the shooting. I did see one Magpie Goose fall out of the sky this morning, my heart went out to the poor innocent beast. it’s an indictment on these people that they still think it’s okay to do this these days. I didn’t feel safe enough to do a proper survey of the wetlands with all these shooters about, so I went the short distance to Fogg Dam for a much nicer experience and got nearly a page full of birds in the 2hrs 20mins I spent there. It was 10.10 when I got to Howard Springs reserve and didn’t add anything to the trip list. Charles Darwin NP had a few birds in the parking area. I filled up at the FX self serve servo and got diesel at $1.50.05pl the cheapest I could find. I then went to the Yacht shop which had changed address and got a personal location beacon, a thing I’ve been meaning to get for years, they last for 7 years and this one cost me $365. From there I went to East Point where the tide was out and got both Lesser and Greater Sand Plover, there were a few birds active in the monsoon forest walk too. Up to Buffalo Ck Casuarina which had a Red-headed Honeyeater in a mangrove bush right in front of the car. I had a late lunch here. Holmes Jungle upper car park was surprisingly busy, there was a tap leaking into a shallow bowl and there were lots of finches using it including a Yellow-rumped. From there I went to a tyre place to replace the front tyres before they disintegrate, again they have done around 30,000km, again I was told that they are too thin for the weight of the vehicle, I’m going to have to bite the bullet and get wider rims sooner or later, but not today, I just replaced the tyres. I then drove out to Gunn Point Rd 1 which is on the old section of the road that is now a dead end, thankfully my site is 100m before the road is blocked. I had dinner then watched the honeyeaters come in for their evening bath.

24/9 282km
Being a dead end road meant no traffic so I had a peaceful night’s sleep. The morning’s chorus included Koel and Pallid Cuckoo and rainbow Pitta for the first time, picked up some food in Palmerston and went to Channel Island where you can overlook the mangroves by the bridge. Berry Springs Nature Reserve had a few common wet forest birds, Blackmore River had a roo that I disturbed that disturbed a quail as it escaped me. Wagait Beach had a lone Whimbrel on the colourful rocks. Down the easy 4wd track to Pioneer Beach that had a Beach Stone Curlew. Charlotte River on the Fog Bay Rd had some Magpie Geese and Wandering Whistling Ducks in the pond and a colony of bats living in the ridges underneath the bridge, but I couldn’t get a look at them. My old way into Stingray Head was blocked so I tried finding another way in. Unfortunately it ended up on the beach, I hate driving on the beach but it was only the last 500m from the north and through the creek. Engaging the diff locks with 4wd was enough to see me through the deep sand, though twice I thought I was going to run out of momentum. When I got to Stingray Head I found someone with a caravan so I should be able to find a better way out tomorrow. I went out to the low tide mud flats to see what waders I could find and made a faux pas. I was hopping from one rock to another as the area was mudflat, when I stepped onto what I thought was a rock that was in fact just mud and I sank half way up to my shins in it, thankfully my boot came out with my foot and I made my way to the stream to get the sticky mud off my boots and trousers. I got a few waders and gulls and watched the smoky haze of the sun go down an angry red.

25/9 360km
Up with the sun again and found the way out that doesn’t involve a beach drive and drove to Manton Dam where I was the only one there, but there wasn’t anything exciting there either. On to Rum Jungle dam which had 40 Black Kites wheeling around in the sky, don’t know why. The three touristy sites were all lacklustre being Magnetic termite mounds, Buley Waterhol and Florence Falls, the latter being the best. Had lunch at Tabletop Swamp with another Leaden Flycatcher that I failed to photograph. Then down to Wangi Falls where I got my first Little Shrike-thrush in a long while and my first for this area which some taxa have split. From there I had plenty of time so decided to take the 4wd track to Surprise Ck, bad move, it’s not a maintained track with too many corrugations, it took me 30mins to get 1/4 of the way down and I came across a sign that read snorkels advised for the Reynolds River crossing, since I was on my own with a time constraint I decided to retreat and went back through Bachelor and camped at Robin Falls, at first I thought nothing was going to happen and I was going to have a peaceful evening by the burbling stream, but then one after another interesting birds tuned up, first was a Koel, okay nothing flash, but it means the beginning of the storm season. Then a Little Shrike-thrush, this one I had a good listen to and had a good look at in the dimming light. An Emerald dove sat on a branch close enough for me to get a half decent shot of. A Brown Goshawk put in an appearance and then just before dark a Rainbow Pitta gave a few calls just across the stream from me. I was able to fill my washbowl from the stream and give myself a goodish clean, and then do it again for extra effect.

26/9 558km

I can never figure it out. I don’t know it’s the night birds that wake me up since I’m a light sleeper or whether in my constant tossing and turning I happen to be awake when a night bird calls, this night’s bird was a Rufous Owl. I heard it several times through the night. During breakfast the Rainbow Pitta gave me a few calls from across the stream, but since I won’t use call back on birds I never saw it. Down to Douglas River Bond bridge, where there’s good woodland by the river, unfortunately they must be doing roadworks and this is their water access point so they’ve just run a bulldozer through the riverine woodland to pump the water out, fair dinkum, there’s just no consideration for habitat, they just wreck it at will, it shouldn’t be allowed. I got a Black Bittern in the intact part. Grove Hill Rd creek had a lot of frugivores feasting on a tree. Edith Falls Rd site was hot, dry and burnt with not many birds. Into Katherine to pick up the shopping order and got my favourite lunch from Brumby’s Bakery and headed for home. I stopped at King River which still had a pool with quite a few honeyeaters in a flowering gum. At Mathison rest area the bowl underneath the water tank had water in it attracting a few birds and got Apostlebird for the first time here. I skipped a few sites along the Victoria Hwy as I thought they wouldn’t be worth doing but did stop at 38km east of Timber Creek and got a Black-tailed Treecreeper and more honeyeaters in a freshly flowering gum. Then it was back home to the caravan and a much needed shower and watched TV til late.

Bird list for trip (% is of the 82 surveys done) B is for breeding

• Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata 8 (9.76%)
• Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni 5 (6.10%)
• Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata 7 (8.54%)
• Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah 8 (9.76%)
• Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 5 (6.10%)
• Grey Teal Anas gracilis 1 (1.22%)
• Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus 5 (6.10%)
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt 9 (10.98%) (B)
• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophora 2 (2.44%)
• Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 5 (6.10%)
• White-quilled Rock-Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis 2 (2.44%)
• Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera 1 (1.22%)
• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 3 (3.66%)
• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 52 (63.41%) (B)
• Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 35 (42.68%)
• Brown-capped Emerald-Dove Chalcophaps longirostris 3 (3.66%)
• Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa 11 (13.41%)
• Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina 3 (3.66%)
• Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 12 (14.63%)
• Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis 2 (2.44%)
• Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus 1 (1.22%)
• Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus 1 (1.22%)
• Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 2 (2.44%)
• Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 2 (2.44%)
• Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus 1 (1.22%)
• Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 1 (1.22%)
• Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 2 (2.44%)
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 1 (1.22%)
• Brolga Antigone rubicunda 1 (1.22%)
• Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 5 (6.10%)
• Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris 2 (2.44%)
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 2 (2.44%)
• Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1 (1.22%)
• Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 1 (1.22%)
• Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 1 (1.22%)
• Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 5 (6.10%)
• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 12 (14.63%)
• Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 1 (1.22%)
• Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea 5 (6.10%)
• Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 3 (3.66%)
• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 1 (1.22%)
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 1 (1.22%)
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 4 (4.88%)
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2 (2.44%)
• Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 2 (2.44%)
• Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa 1 (1.22%)
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 1 (1.22%)
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 3 (3.66%)
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1 (1.22%)
• Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 1 (1.22%)
• Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 6 (7.32%)
• Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 3 (3.66%)
• Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis 1 (1.22%)
• Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 3 (3.66%)
• Striated Heron Butorides striata 2 (2.44%)
• Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 (1.22%)
• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 3 (3.66%)
• Great Egret Ardea alba 9 (10.98%)
• Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia 12 (14.63%)
• Pied Heron Egretta picata 7 (8.54%)
• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 3 (3.66%)
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta 4 (4.88%)
• Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra 2 (2.44%)
• Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 9 (10.98%)
• Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 10 (12.20%)
• Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 3 (3.66%)
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 5 (6.10%)
• Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 10 (12.20%)
• Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 4 (4.88%)
• Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 9 (10.98%)
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 (1.22%)
• Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 2 (2.44%)
• Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 3 (3.66%)
• Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 3 (3.66%)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 2 (2.44%)
• Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 34 (41.46%) (B)
• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 1 (1.22%)
• Black Kite Milvus migrans 15 (18.29%)
• Rufous Owl Ninox rufa 1 (1.22%)
• Barking Owl Ninox connivens 4 (4.88%)
• Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 2 (2.44%)
• Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 21 (25.61%)
• Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 6 (7.32%)
• Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus 2 (2.44%)
• Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 6 (7.32%)
• Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 8 (9.76%)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 20 (24.39%)
• Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (1.22%) (B)
• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 4 (4.88%)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 13 (15.85%)
• Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 3 (3.66%)
• Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 24 (29.27%)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 8 (9.76%)
• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 10 (12.20%)
• Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 2 (2.44%)
• Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 27 (32.93%)
• Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris 2 (2.44%)
• Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 21 (25.61%)
• Black-tailed Treecreeper Climacteris melanurus 4 (4.88%)
• Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 4 (4.88%)
• Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura 9 (10.98%)
• Red-headed Honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala 4 (4.88%)
• Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides 1 (1.22%)
• Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 14 (17.07%)
• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 11 (13.41%)
• Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis 8 (9.76%)
• Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 23 (28.05%)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 13 (15.85%)
• Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis 1 (1.22%)
• White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 24 (29.27%)
• Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis 5 (6.10%)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 6 (7.32%)
• Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus 5 (6.10%)
• White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 25 (30.49%)
• Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula 2 (2.44%)
• Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 7 (8.54%)
• Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 1 (1.22%)
• Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 4 (4.88%)
• Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota 6 (7.32%)
• White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 1 (1.22%)
• Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris 2 (2.44%)
• Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 15 (18.29%)
• Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 10 (12.20%)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 9 (10.98%)
• White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 13 (15.85%)
• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 6 (7.32%)
• Varied Triller Lalage leucomela 9 (10.98%)
• Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex 3 (3.66%)
• Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 25 (30.49%)
• Little Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha 2 (2.44%)
• Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 6 (7.32%)
• Sandstone Shrike-thrush Colluricincla woodwardi 3 (3.66%)
• Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti 5 (6.10%)
• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 9 (10.98%)
• Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus 25 (30.49%)
• Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi 2 (2.44%)
• Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (1.22%)
• Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 8 (9.76%)
• Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 2 (2.44%)
• Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 4 (4.88%)
• White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 1 (1.22%)
• Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus 9 (10.98%)
• Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris 11 (13.41%)
• Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 13 (15.85%)
• Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons 2 (2.44%)
• Mangrove Grey Fantail Rhipidura phasiana 1 (1.22%)
• Torresian Crow Corvus orru 36 (43.90%)
• Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula 8 (9.76%)
• Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis 1 (1.22%)
• Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto 7 (8.54%)
• Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 18 (21.95%)
• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 22 (26.83%)
• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea 2 (2.44%)
• Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster 13 (15.85%)
• Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 3 (3.66%)
• Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 14 (17.07%)
• Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna 1 (1.22%)
• Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax 1 (1.22%)
• Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis 1 (1.22%)
• Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 4 (4.88%)
• Masked Finch Poephila personata 5 (6.10%)
• Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 6 (7.32%) (B)
• Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 18 (21.95%)
• Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 2 (2.44%)

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