Day 13 -- Katherine
I was up early on our first [of three] full days in Katherine and went north for 50 kms or so to the Fergusson River to check out a spot that had great birding last year. There is a small creek running to the east between the old highway [the new highway is about 100 metres to the west] and the railway line.
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| Parked on the old Stuart Highway |
A small number of waterholes stay "wet" until very late in the dry [September/October] thus providing an important water source for small birds, especially honeyeaters and finches, especially Gouldian Finches. There was a bit more water compared to August last year but not much more. The wet stopped earlier than usual in 2015.
No Gouldian Finches this time but lots of photogenic birds.
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| Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis |
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| Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii |
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| Masked Finch Poephila personata |
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| Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda |
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| Red-winged Parrot female Aprosmictus erythropterus |
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| Red-winged Parrot female male |
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On the way back to Katherine I had an encounter with some Red-tailed Black-cockatoos. More next blog.
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| Red-tailed Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii |
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