Birds-Cox Peninsula Day Walk

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White-winged Triller Lalage tricolour
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Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor
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Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
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Dusky Honeyeater Myzomela obscura
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Beauty On the Doorstep

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The Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
is not known for its musical song
other than a sharp click
as another insect bites the dust.
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They are known for their beautiful colours and displays.
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As they keep the skies free of anything that takes a chance when they are around.
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The Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus has been feeding on Fern-leaved Grevillea Grevillea pteridifolia.
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And then wiping its beak on the branch of nearby gum tree.
Its melodic call is unmistakeable and one of the
beautiful bird songs in the bush near Darwin.
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Small. Delicate & Or Colourful

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The weather has been quite foggy in the morning. These smallish birds seem to seek the sun and Pandanus Trees to warm up in the morning giving me a chance to capture their image before they return to their elusive selves.
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Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
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Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
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Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
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Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
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Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus
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Local Beauties

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A Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
sipping on Eucalyptus greeniana nectar.
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Same tree, an adult Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
keeping a watchful eye on its offspring.
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The food source is a Eucalyptus greeniana in full bloom.
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UDP Falls Tree Hoppers

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Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis in WoolyButt Eucalyptus miniata eating some type of scale insects.FF
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Little Woodswallow Artemus minor hawking every morning.
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Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus in Kapok Bush Cochlospermum fraseri.
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They not only eat the flowers. but tear open the seed pods and eat the seeds.
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UDP Falls Eucalypts

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Broad-leaved carbeen Eucalyptus confertiflora
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Darwin Stingybark Eucalyptus tetrodonta
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WoollyButt Eucalyptus miniata
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UDP Falls

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UDP Falls is at the southern end of Arnhem Land.
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Still heaps of water and unseasonably hot. Must be the effects of El Nino. There are many swimmable pools atop the escarpment.
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