Wilson River at Noccundra waterholes

Arrived early afternoon and found a spot well away from all other campers, on one of the more southerly channels of the Wilson River. Birded around the area that afternoon (MC without Sally, who had to do her programming assignment!), and then (together) the next morning - combing the lignum swamp in the channels for any sign of Grey Grasswren...

Left the next morning after the birding session, grabbing a coffee, sausage rolls, and wine stock from the friendly Noccundra Hotel.

Bird list for the camp and nearby area:

Emu
Australian pelican
Australian wood duck
Pacific black duck
Black-fronted dotterel
Black-tailed native hen
Masked lapwing
White-necked herons
White-faced heron
Great egret
Plumed egret
Brolga
Wedge-tailed eagle
Whistling kite
Black kite
Nankeen kestrel
Brown falcon
Black falcon (harassed others on the channel at sunrise)
Australian owlet-nightjar
Galah
Cockatiel
Little corella
Budgerigar
Red-winged parrot
Bourke's parrot
Common bronzewing
Crested pigeon
Peaceful dove
Black-faced cuckoo-shrike
White-bellied cuckoo-shrike (intermediate darkish morph bird, with darkish throat and streaks at top of breast, around face, presumably robusta ssp)
Red-backed kingfisher
Welcome swallow
Tree martin
Fairy martin
Weebill
Purple-backed fairy-wren
White-winged fairy-wren
Singing HE
White-plumed HE
Spiny-cheeked HE
Painted HE (beautiful adult male)
Yellow-throated miner
Brown treecreeper
Black-faced woodswallow
White-breasted woodswallow
White-browed woodswallow (inc one with yellow eye!)
Masked woodswallow
Pied butcherbird
Australian magpie
Australian raven
Little crow
Spotted bowerbird
Magpie-lark
Willie wagtail
Jacky winter
Rufous whistler
Grey shrike-thrush
Mistletoebird
Rufous song lark
Double-barred finch
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