Broome Roadtrip 08

It wasn't all parrots at SRR. There were plenty of other birds too. And all of these in the views of the Stirling Ranges just a few kilometres away to the south. Highly recommended spot.

A selection of grass trees, both far and near.

Then there were the birds ....

Finally, a relatively decent pic of a Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala

Not sure what this is. Same bird as immediately below.

Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontages leucogaster. Now a full species

Gilbert's Honeyeater Melithreptus whitlocki Has recently been split from White-naped HE

White-winged Triller Lalage suerii 

Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus

Galah Eolophus roseicapillus assimilis The western race

Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa preissi The western race

And finally, some nice pics of the Western Spinebill Acanthorynchus superciliosus.

Broome Roadtrip 06

After the Baudins came lunchtime in Narrogin. I had a good look at some Western Magpies, the race dorsalis of our Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen. The Victorian race, tyrannica, is the White-Backed Magpie.

Black-backed Magpie, Cracticus tibicen dorsalis.
 Youngster on left, dad on right 

This is mum.
Black back feathers, edged in white, forming a contrasting scalloped pattern.
[Pizzey & Knight]

Close up of same.

Then it was on to the Dryandra Woodlands where I camped for a night.

Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus

Spotted Scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis maculatus
The western race of the White-browed Scrubwren.

Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca

Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor plumbea

Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis

I had been wanting to tick the Purple-crowned Lorikeet for a long while now and Dryandra gave me the opportunity to do so. They are not the slowest flyers around so to get some on the ground was providential.

Next stop -- Stirling Range.