Eastern Australia - November 2008
Passerines: Willie Wagtail to Apostlebird: page 1
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Bassian Thrush
Black Butcherbird
Great Bowerbird
Satin Bowerbird
Black-faced Wood-swallow
Masked Wood Swallow
Diamond Finch
Apostlebird
Magpie-lark
Double-barred Finch
White-browed Wood-swallow
Willie Wagtail
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
White-winged Triller
Regent Bowerbird
Although very common and tame Willie Wagtail's remained a firm favourite through out the trip. This was the very first one seen and photographed at Cairn's Esplanade.
White-winged Trillers were only found in the in drier inland areas such at Mareeba, Georgetown and Binya State Forest.
There was a large flock of wood-swallows at the Wattle Dam at Binya State Forest on both of my visits, some several hundred at least with majority being this species, the White-browed Wood-swallow.
Uncommon in dry interior habitats; this Lemon-bellied Flycatcher was outside the Mareeba Wetlands visitor centre.
The other wood-swallow species at Binya State forest was the less common Masked Wood Swallow. It was outnumbered at least 100 to 1
Black-faced Wood-swallow were seen in the Outback at the Cumberland Dam near Georgetown
Common and widespread Magpie-larks were seen, it seems, virtually everywhere.
