Birding the Outback Desert

Letter-winged Kite (one of the three most difficult to see raptors in Australia)

We're back in relative civilization north of Adelaide after over a week in the outback central desert. The birding was excellent even with the severe and continuing drought. Our trip list is near 250 species with a few days to go. One focus of the desert is a family of difficult to see species - the grasswrens. We have one more species to go tomorrow so I'll do a special post just on them later. The scenery, by western North America standards wasn't much, but the Flinders Range for a couple days was nice. We have two days left on the trip before heading home and have really enjoyed our outback experience. 

Banded Whiteface

Banded Whiteface

Black-eared Cuckoo

Chestnut Quail-thrush

Cinnamon Quail-thrush

Cinnamon Quail-thrush

Dad Emu and youngsters

Emu

Galah

Bluebush country

Flinders Range

Flinders Range

Grass Tree

Flinders Range

Letter-winged Kite

Letter-winged Kite

Letter-winged Kite

Native Hollyhawk

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Red-browed Pardalote

Red-capped Robin

River Redgum sunset

Rufous Field-wren

Rufous Field-wren

Shingleback lizard

Slender-billed Thornbill

Spotted Crake

Spotted Harrier

Spotted Pardalote

Whiskered Tern