Three Greys Trip _ 02

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Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta

Santa Theresa Road, Alice Springs

Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula

Santa Theresa Road, Alice Springs

Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius

Santa Theresa Road, Alice Springs

Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
Alice Springs

Slaty-backed Thornbill Acanthiza robustrirostris
Alice Springs

Spinifexbird Megalurus carteri
Ewaninga

Dusky Grasswren Amytornis purnelli
Stuart Highway, Barrow Creek

Black-chinned Honeyeater (Golden-backed)  Melithreptus glares laetior

Fork-tailed Swift  Apus pacificus
Barkly Highway

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
A resident at Barkly River Homestead

Phaesant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
Barkly Highway

Going South -- 03

After Karumba, it was south to Mt Isa and a chance of a grasswren. Clarke & Dolby and Thomas & Thomas give quite specific directions to likely sites for finding Kalkadoon and Carpentarian Grasswrens but I was unsuccessful in my quest. The Carpentarian Grasswren site on McNamara's Road about 40km north of Mt Isa looks great. I spent the whole day there. Sat by a small pool of water in a dry creek for the afternoon and saw some pretty nice birds but no grasswren.

Black-tailed Treecreeper, male
Climacteris melanurus

Black-tailed Treecreeper, female Climacteris melanurus

Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus

Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata

Grey-fronted Honeyeater Lichenostomus plumulus

Little Woodswallow Artamus minor

Painted Finch Emblema pictum

Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera