Central Northern Queensland 1.
I headed south from the Atherton Tablelands. Just past Mount Garnet, I turned left onto the Kennedy Development Road. The first night I camped at the turnoff to the Valley of Lagoons. A lovely name but I had no idea what that was all about. The next day I found Moonstone Hill, where I dried out all my bed stuff. In the afternoon I walked down to some wetlands/swamp. There were a few herons and ibis hanging out but nothing special. So I carried on and found a camp near a water-hole at Lake Louisa. The next day I stopped off at Porcupine Gorge National Park and was rewarded with some photos of a Squatter Pigeon.
Squatter Pigeon (Geophaps scripta scripta)
White-necked Heron
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
Having a bath in a dam.
Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
Pale-headed Rosella ( Platycercus adscitus palliceps )
Sunset pouring through the dust
After a road train came past.
Kennedy Development Road bird list
Squatter Pigeon (Geophaps scripta scripta)
White-necked Heron
White-faced Heron
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Straw-necked Ibis
Pied Butcherbird
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
Pale-headed Rosella ( Platycercus adscitus palliceps )
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
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