Surprise Corellas – Small Town Between Mt Magnet & Geraldton

This was another lucky call of nature that led to a surprise sighting of some Little Corellas in the trees in a tiny Outback town somewhere between Mt Magnet and Geraldton.

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There were blue-eyed crows too.

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Not far from the road was a pond with breeding dragonflies and Zebra Finches and Galahs.

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That’s the magic of the Aussie Outback, you never know what you are going to find!  A local told us we had missed a small flock of Cockatiels by one day!  It was sad to be saying goodbye to this vast wilderness but we were hoping the western coast would bring different and interesting birds that we haven’t seen yet.

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

The Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) (formerly Poephila guttata),is the most common estrildid finch of Central Australia and ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool moist south and the tropical far north. It can also be found natively in Indonesia and East Timor.

IMG_6022aSince they have such a large range, you are likely to run into them in any part of Australia.  To date, I have seen them at Nallan Station, at a few road side places in Western Australia and near Kalbarri.

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