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Ten Grassfinch Tour 2014 Trip Report Experience the Wild TEN GRASSFINCH TOUR - Trip Report Day 1 Monday 22nd September, 2014 Date: Monday, 22 September 2014 Location: East Point Reserve continued... Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus regina Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Sunday night pre-tour dinner at Stokes Hill Wharf. Left to right - Mike Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius Jarvis (guide), Barry Venables, Phil Straw, Margaret Piefke, Brian Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris Speechley, Paddy Donkin, Donald Findlater. Phil was not a participant Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex on the tour, Neil Brown arrived in the evening so was not at the dinner. Photo taken by Jenny Jarvis. Location: Sandy Creek Torresian Crow Corvus orru DAY 1 - DARWIN to PINE CREEK White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis White-winged Triller Lalage sueurii 7.00am Pick up from Darwin accommodation Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis White-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor We started off at East Point and walked the Monsoon White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis Forest track looking for Rainbow Pitta and other Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana monsoon forest specialists. After great views of no Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis fewer than five Rose-crowned Fruit-doves, all had good Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos views of a Rainbow Pitta. Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda At Sandy Creek we had our first views of Long-tailed Location: McMinn's Lagoon Finches and some of the group saw Crimson Finches as Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae well. Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa We had a picnic lunch at McMinn’s Lagoon where most of the likely Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni wetland birds were present. A large group of participants from the Radjah Shelduck Tadorna radjah Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata Shorebird conference also arrived, ensuring that no feathered species Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata in the vicinity could go unnoticed. Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Cattle Egret Ardea ibis Then we drove down to Pine Creek and managed to find a Red-backed Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta Kingfisher on powerlines in the town. The sports ground yielded one of Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia Pied Heron Egretta picata the highlights for the day which was a pair of Hooded Parrots feeding on Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea the grass. Finch count 1/10 Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Accommodation at Pine Creek Hotel and dinner at the Railway Resort. Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Sightings Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Date: Monday, 22 September 2014 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Location: East Point Reserve Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster Location: Pine Creek Galah Eolophus roseicapillus Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Varied Triller Lalage leucomela Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius Black Kite Milvus migrans Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus Experience the Wild TEN GRASSFINCH TOUR - Trip Report Day 2 Tuesday 23rd September, 2014 Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2014 DAY 2 - PINE CREEK to KATHERINE - Breakfast with Gouldians Location: Edith Falls Road continued... Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 6.00am We checked out early from our accommodation at Pine Creek Gouldian Finch Erythrura gouldiae and head down to Edith Falls road. Enjoyed a bush breakfast while Masked Finch Poephila personata watching birds coming to drink from a creek. We saw Gouldians Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris including a Red-headed male, Long-tailed, Double-barred, Masked and Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus Crimson Finches as well as Hooded Parrots. At Edith Falls we saw the only Bar-breasted Honeyeater for the trip and had lunch at Katherine at Location: Edith Falls the Hot Springs and saw Apostlebirds and Rufous-throated Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis Honeyeaters. Torresian Crow Corvus orru Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys After lunch we went to Donkey Camp Weir, hoping to see a Great-billed Black Kite Milvus migrans Heron. No GBH but first Banded Honeyeaters for the trip. Then we Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus continued on to Nitmiluk where we saw Great Bowerbirds and a bower. Bar-breasted Honeyeater Ramsayornis fasciatus Great Bowerbirds were one of the species we saw everyday. Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura White-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis Location: Katherine Hot Springs Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum Black Kite Milvus migrans Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris Donkey Camp Weir Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea Accommodation at the Beagle Motor Inn at Katherine and dinner at the Location: Donkey Camp Weir Savannah Restaurant. Bird call back at our accommodation... Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus Highlights for the day - the Gouldians at Edith Falls Road!! Black Kite Milvus migrans Finch count - 5/10 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2014 Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura Location: Edith Falls Road Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis White-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops Paperbark Flycatcher Myiagra nana Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Hooded Parrot Psephotus dissimilis Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Location: Nitmiluk Gorge Birds ( 4 ) Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris Torresian Crow Corvus orru White-throated Gerygone Gerygone albogularis Heard Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Experience the Wild TEN GRASSFINCH TOUR - Trip Report Day 3 Wednesday 24th September, 2014 Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2014 continued... DAY 3 - KATHERINE to TIMBER CREEK - real outback country! Location: King River We departed early from Katherine along the Victoria Highway and had a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae bush breakfast at Chainman Creek. After breakfast we continued Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps towards Timber Creek, stopping at King River and other likely birding Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis locations along the way. One of the highlights was a fully grown Frilled Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera Lizard standing in the shade of the TC 220km marker post. Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus We had lunch at the Victoria River Access, near Victoria River Location: Vic Highway, Flemington
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