Late to the party ... Sharon's first attempt

[TonyQ]

100 from the Darwin area - well done!

[Peter Connan]

Congratulations!

[Dave Williams]

Well done on the ton! Some interesting birds too. As for camouflage one of my biggest lenses has camouflage, the other, now departed, had black covers. Both for protection. I actually posses a full camouflage outfit which I bought specifically for a trip to Iceland. I don't use it that often, certainly not the whole kit and it's nothing to do with trying to hide myself, its to keep me protected. Ex army gear, windproof, waterproof,Goretex both jacket and trousers brand new for £80 or about 10% of the price of branded merchandise of the same quality of build. I can lay happily in mud and be blissfully unaware as I'm still warm and dry. Doesn't stop me feeling stupid in a public place though!!

[Galana]

14 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

I can lay happily in mud

Sounds just the thing for @michael-ibk's Goose sh*t too.

[Peter Connan]

Is it legal in the UK to wear military issue clothing?

 

Here, we may not wear current-issue, but can wear previous=generation stuff. However, the previous-generation stuff, while certainly good quality and very hard-wearing, certainly doesn't have the type of technology you are talking about. On the other hand, we don't need it very often.

 

[Soukous]

14 hours ago, Peter Connan said:

Is it legal in the UK to wear military issue clothing?

 

Here, we may not wear current-issue, but can wear previous=generation stuff. However, the previous-generation stuff, while certainly good quality and very hard-wearing, certainly doesn't have the type of technology you are talking about. On the other hand, we don't need it very often.

 

 

Yes, if you are in the armed forces. 

[Kitsafari]

Congrats on the Darwin 100! must have been so awesome to see the large flock of the black cuckatoos. 

[shazdwn]

On 6/12/2020 at 6:51 PM, Kitsafari said:

Congrats on the Darwin 100! must have been so awesome to see the large flock of the black cuckatoos. 

Yes it was amazingly 

[shazdwn]

Last weekend hubbie and I headed down to Pine Creek for the weekend.  Pine Creek is a tiny town about 2.5 hours south of Darwin, it is meant to be a great birding location as the climate is just getting dry enough to get some of the more arid species mixed in with the tropical. 

 

The primary target was an endangered species of parrot known to be found in the area.  Well we found it while we were eating lunch the first day and hadn't even started looking yet, in fact it turns out there is a resident population right in the middle of town.  In fact heading out to dinner that night they were all lined up on the power lines. 

 

136) Hooded Parrot - Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 12 & 13/6/2020

Male

 

 

Female

 

The second night I was even able to watch them coming in to roost sitting right out the front of our hotel with cider in hand - bliss.  I thought I would try for some BIF shots - this is the best I could do though

[shazdwn]

Moving on, I was a bit disappointed I didn't get more new species than I did, but here are the rest.

 

137) Northern Rosella - Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park, Northern Territory, Australia

[shazdwn]

138) Great Bowerbird - Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/6/2020

 

Mostly  a rather drab bird, but it has this amazing hidden patch of pink feathers on its neck it uses for displaying - you can just see it in this next shot

[shazdwn]

139) Pallid Cuckoo (female) - Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 13/6/2020

[shazdwn]

140) Little Shrikethrush - Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 13/6/2020

[shazdwn]

141) Yellow-tinted Honeyeater - Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 13/6/2020

[shazdwn]

142) Brown Goshawk - Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 13/6/2020

[shazdwn]

143) Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 14/6/2020

[shazdwn]

144) White-headed Stilt -  Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia - 14/6/2020

 

There are a couple of other ebcs, but not ready to go show those yet 

[PeterHG]

Lovely additions again and good photos, too!

[Galana]

Some lovely photos. Love the Hooded Parrot. All birds should be that co-operative.

7 hours ago, shazdwn said:

I was even able to watch them coming in to roost sitting right out the front of our hotel with cider in hand - bliss. 

My kind of birding.

[TonyQ]

Excellent additions . Lovely photos of the Hooded Parrot.

[shazdwn]

This bird is very common around Darwin, but I only recently realised I hadn't added it yet.  

 

145) Peaceful Dove - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

[elefromoz]

@shazdwn, just catching up on your beautiful Darwin collection, lovely photos and so many new birds for me. We had to cancel our booked trip to Alice a couple of weeks back, fingers crossed we'll get there soonish if the boarders reopen. We won't be getting up to Darwin this trip but hoping to get bird  lucky in the Alice to Uluru area.

[shazdwn]

21 hours ago, elefromoz said:

We had to cancel our booked trip to Alice a couple of weeks back, fingers crossed we'll get there soonish if the boarders reopen. 

Thanks @elefromoz The NT is reopening it’s borders on 17 July so hopefully you will be able to rebook your trip. You will find plenty of great birds around Alice

[Soukous]

1 minute ago, shazdwn said:

Thanks @elefromoz The NT is reopening it’s borders on 17 July so hopefully you will be able to rebook your trip. You will find plenty of great birds around Alice

 

Opening its borders to other states, but not to the world, sadly. I'll just have to hold on to my Aussie dollars for a while longer 

[shazdwn]

12 hours ago, Soukous said:

 

Opening its borders to other states, but not to the world, sadly. I'll just have to hold on to my Aussie dollars for a while longer 

Yes that’s true. Let’s hope the world gets a grip on this thing soon, although I can’t see my passport coming out of the drawer anytime soon ☹️