Stirling Range Retreat is an excellent place to stay. Unpowered campsites through to mud-brick, self-contained cottages, all set in acres of bush within sight of the Stirling Ranges. Birds are not the only attraction in the vicinity. The flora is special too -- wildflowers and orchids are a speciality. I confined myself to the birds, getting up before dawn and walking the tracks of the Retreat. I had a few target birds. Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Red-capped Parrot, Elegant Parrot.
I was there in late November towards the end of the grain harvest. This means grain trucks [semis and B-doubles] and thus plenty of grain lying on roadsides. My first morning walk took me out onto the main road at about 06hr30. Just a few parroty birds further down the road so I did a bit of stalking and, to my delight, found RCP, EP, Regent Parrots and Ringnecks all together. I tried very hard to get all four species in one photo but three was the limit. Tick. Tick.
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Australian Ringneck, Regent Parrot, Regent Parrot, Red-capped Parrot, Ringneck, Red-capped Parrot. |
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Red-capped Parrots Purpureicephalus spurius, male |
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Red-capped Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius, male |
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Red-capped Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius, female/juvenile? |
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Regent Parrots Polytelis anthopeplus, female L, male R |
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Regent Parrots Polytelis anthopeplus, female front, male back |
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Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus, male |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, female |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, female |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, male |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, female |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, female |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, female |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, female |
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Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans, female |
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