Continuing on with our travels in SA earlier this year we made our way down the Eyre Peninsula with our first stop at Fitzgerald Bay where we sat out the Easter long weekend, with access to flushing loos, fresh water, peace and quiet.
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| High tide at Fitzgerald Bay |
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| Sunset over our camp |
After trying unsuccessfully to spot one of these little buggers in the Botanic Gardens at Port Augusta, I snagged some half decent views of some in the saltbush not far from our camp and snapped a record shot of one.
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| Rufous Fieldwren - lifer |
I drove out to a conservation park not far from Whyalla to search for Thick-billed Grass-Wrens and Slender-billed Thornbills, with no luck. Did see plenty of Chestnut-rumped Thornbills and they were much more confiding than the Fieldwrens.
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| Chestnut-Rumped Thornbill |
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| Wild Dog Hill |
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| Full moon over Fitzgerald Bay |
From the bay it was on to Port Lincoln National Park where we stayed at Surfleet Cove and enjoyed the lovely scenery and varied birdlife.
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| On the beach at SurfleetCove |
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| Coastal rock formation |
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| Emu |
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| Pied Oystercatchers |
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| Sooty Oystercatcher |
The Yellow Robins here were just as photogenic as their Eastern cousins.
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| Western Yellow Robin - lifer |
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| View from Stamford Hill lookout |
The Port Lincoln race of the Australian Ringneck were common around the campground and it didn't take me long to get on to a small flock of Rock Parrots, a member of the Neophema family confined to the coasts of southern WA and SA.
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| "Port Lincoln" Ringnecks |
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| Rock Parrot - lifer |
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| Australian Pelicans wait for a handout |
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| Pacific Gull |
Cheers and Happy Birding
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