Northern Adventure Day 16 - Port Augusta to HOME! Full trip species list :-)

Our odyssey has come to an end! We left Port Augusta yesterday morning, first visiting the Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, but it might have been a bit early and cold because we didn't see much.

We stopped at Port Wakefield on the way home to look for a few birds in the area that I haven't seen that people were posting photos of on South Aussie Birding (Facebook group). I didn't see the pair of Black Falcons that lives there, but I did find some slender-billed thornbills, along with some other birds - sacred kingfisher, little egret, grey fantail, willie wagtail and others. 

Little Egret, Port Wakefield, SA

Grey Butcherbird, Port Wakefield, SA

Sacred Kingfisher, Port Wakefield, SA

 A bit blurry, but my first ever slender-billed thornbills! 

Slender-billed Thornbill, Port Wakefield, SA

Slender-billed Thornbill, Port Wakefield, SA

We finally arrived home again at about 3:15pm, sad that our trip is over, but happy to be back in our own beds (and back with my precious kitty Luna). On the trip I saw a total of 88 species, including 32 additions to my life list! I posted all of my lists on ebird.org, and the site allowed me to easily keep track of what I'd seen during the trip and also to compile this trip list at the end. I also used ebird prior to the trip, along with tips from other birders, to make a list of birds that I might see, and study up on them so that I could ID them in the field. Special Thanks again to Jim Oatley of Alice Springs Bird Tours who took us out on two days and helped me to see 12 species that I probably wouldn't have seen without him!

TRIP SPECIES LIST

Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
Little Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos)              
White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis moluccus)            
Black-shouldered Kite (Australian) (Elanus axillaris) 
Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon)             
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) 
Black Kite (Milvus migrans) 
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)               
Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)            
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)           
Rock Dove (Columba livia)   
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)          
Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)             
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)          
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)
Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius)               
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)     
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)             
Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)             
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri)              
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)             
Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)  
Bourke's Parrot (Neophema bourkii)             
Western Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)      
Greater Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster)
Mulga Parrot (Psephotus varius)      
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala)
Western Bowerbird (Chlamydera guttata)
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren (Stipiturus ruficeps)      
Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti)   
Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens)
White-winged Fairy-wren (Malurus leucopterus)     
Pied Honeyeater (Certhionyx variegatus)    
Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)               
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)        
Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) 
Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens)      
White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
Grey-headed Honeyeater (Ptilotula keartlandi)        
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor)  
Black Honeyeater (Sugomel nigrum)
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei)
Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)
Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)            
Southern Whiteface (Aphelocephala leucopsis)        
Banded Whiteface (Aphelocephala nigricincta)         
Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
White-browed Babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus)          
Chiming Wedgebill (Psophodes occidentalis)
Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus)
White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)       
Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)           
Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus)
Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)      
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)      
Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor)           
Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)           
White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor)             
Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris)
Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis)               
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)             
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)    
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)   
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)            
Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides)           
Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii)     
Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)        
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)          
White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna)  
Brown Songlark (Megalurus cruralis)
Rufous Songlark (Megalurus mathewsi)
Mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum)       
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)              
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)