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On My Own - Australia and New Zealand 2002 Emmalee Tarry |
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| The campground offers a variety of habitat :beach, salt water
lagoons, fresh water, and a large area of mangrove swamp. The birding is
excellent right outside your camper. The lagoon at right had Nankeen Night
Herons fishing in late evening. Great, Little and Intermediate Egrets,
Royal Spoonbills, White Ibis, White-faced Heron, Pacific Black Duck, Australian
Wood Duck, Gray Teal, Little Pied Cormorant. Shorebirds came and went with
the tides. Back in the woods I had a small group of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos. Crested Pigeon, Red-wattlebird, Galah, Sulfur-crested Cockatoo, Rainbow Lorikeets, Superb Fairywren. |
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An amusing scene in the campground was a Sulfur-crested Cockatoo drinking from a dripping shower. Groups of Cockatoos make a great screeching when they fly overhead. In the woods I would use the noise as a cover to creep closer to the Lyrebirds. People are fond of feeding them. Watch out for their big bills which could inflict a significant injury.
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