Hattah-Kulkyne NP
I've just spent four cracking days in the mallee of Hattah-Kulkyne NP where I managed to see most of my target speciess including, Mallee Emu-wren and Striated Grasswren, both along the southern end of the Nowingi Track; Regent Parrot and Yellow Rosella plus Major Mitchell's Cockatoos around Lake Mournpall campgrounds and my first much-anticipated encounters with Budgerigars and Cockatiel (also along Nowringi Track). Got to go back for Chestnut-crowned Babbler.
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Mallee Emu-wren (juv)
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Mallee Emu-wren
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Mallee Emu-wren (juv)
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Regent Parrot
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Regent Parrot
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Regent Parrot
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Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
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Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
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Yellow Rosella
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Budgerigar
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Budgerigar
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Budgies - not blue like my Nan's!
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Masked Woodswallow
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Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
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...and a wild pig
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Basecamp at Lake Mournpall where I had the place to myself. The regent's parrots (c.10) came in to roost in the trees in the background and a family group of four Major Mitchell's cockatoos spent a lot of time in the tree above my tent there.
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Mallee Emu-wren (juv)
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Mallee Emu-wren
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Mallee Emu-wren (juv)
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Regent Parrot
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Regent Parrot
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Regent Parrot
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Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
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Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
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Yellow Rosella
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Budgerigar
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Budgerigar
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Budgies - not blue like my Nan's!
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Masked Woodswallow
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Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
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...and a wild pig
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Basecamp at Lake Mournpall where I had the place to myself. The regent's parrots (c.10) came in to roost in the trees in the background and a family group of four Major Mitchell's cockatoos spent a lot of time in the tree above my tent there.
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