Bingara

I stopped at the Ponds Camp about 30k south of Bingara, where the trees were full of Musk, Little, and Rainbow Lorikeet.  There were a number of juvenile birds, including some young Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike.

Roebuck Bay

Pied Butcherbird collecting nesting material

Our cabin is perfectly positioned on the shores of Roebuck Bay. We have a tree on our  porch which is a perch for a constant stream of birds, and a ringtail possum which sits and watches us of an evening.

An early morning walk brought brown and singing honeyeaters, little friarbirds, red-collared lorikeets, blue-winged kookaburras, pied butcherbirds, black-faced cuckoo-shrikes, little corellas, and brahminy kite.

Blackfaced Cuckoo-Shrike balancing act

Singing Honeyeater

Jingili Water Gardens

Just near Rapid Creek the Water Gardens offered a rather different experience, with lush green plantings, ornamental ponds and fountains. A beautiful spot in the heat of the day. Sitting on a bench near one of the pools I amused myself trying to capture the little rufous-banded honeyeaters as they flew in and out of the water in a single movement. There were so many bee-eaters on the railings they looked like part of the ornamentation.

I only stayed long enough to eat my sandwich, but like everywhere else in darwin the park seemed to be full of birds.

Bird List:

White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina papuensis (pictured above)

Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum

Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca

Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina novaehollandiae

Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus

Australian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti

White-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus unicolor

Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta