Now this was taken at Windjana Gorge, which is pre empting some of these photos !
Some views out over the bush from the foot hills around Windjana Gorge with Baobs scattered thoroughout.
This is Kopak tree which has several properties. The leaves can be eaten and high in vitamin C and the roost of young trees roasted and eaten or pounded to make a medicine for sores. The trees loose thier levaes just before flowering so the hillside is covered by yellow flowers making a beautiful site.
A spider on the rocks but no idea what type!
A female Leaden flycatcher, identifiable from Broad billed flycatcher mainly by the narrow bill.
A bad photo of a Sandstone thrush shrike which was difficult to photograph as it stayed in deepish cover and kept moving !
White bellied cuckoo shrike relatively common around the gorge.
An unexpected find but apparently quite common, Archer fish !!!! i always want to see one and there they were swimming around ! Didn't see any archery but noce to see none the less.
Back to Kopak, and the seed pods which where apparently sown into life savers in World War I
Some fantastic Baob trees are in the Kimberly region
The Devonian Limestone reef of Windjana
The Kimberly Rose, not really a rose but bright red
Australian bustards are fairly common up in the NW region especially where the savanna has been managed appropriately by fire.
Inside the gorge the water flows quietly and provides good habitat for Little pied cormorant and Azure kingfisher......too quick for me to photograph !
A bit of a surprise was the Black fruit bats roosting in the river side trees making a bit of noise scrapping and scratching and fighting !
Another Australian bustard...they are everywhere !
A close up of the rose of the Kimberly
more savahnna views again from the foot hills of the King Leopold range which we had to travel over to reach Mornington Station, owned by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.
This croc must have been in a fight as the front end of its upper jaw has been ripped off....wonder how big the croc it was fighting was??!!
In a cave in the gorge we came across some bats hanging in the crack of the roof space.
Also cave dwelling dragonflies, not sure if they are there all the time or whether they were just seeking out shade from the sun.
Whilst exploring the cave system we spooked a couple of juvenile Boobook owls.
Another freshie in the gorge river
A nice adult Boobook owl seen on the main trail entrance through the gorge.
A hillside of Kopak and termite hills
Now this fella with the crazy hair do is a Spinifex pigeon ! so photogenic i have hundreds of them ! Very common at Mornington but also seen from the road through the King Leopold ranges
In Annie's gorge the North Fantail is common and poses quite well...better that the Purple crowned fairy wrens that i didn't photograph !
White browed robin is another specialist of the area found in the riparian habiat that follows the creeks.
Now this fella with the crazy hair do is a Spinifex pigeon ! so photogenic i have hundreds of them ! Very common at Mornington but also seen from the road through the King Leopold ranges
In Annie's gorge the North Fantail is common and poses quite well...better that the Purple crowned fairy wrens that i didn't photograph !
White browed robin is another specialist of the area found in the riparian habiat that follows the creeks.
yes, more Spinifex pigeons !
Sir Johns gorge, where the government wanted to dam up but due to environmental pressure groups the plans didn't go ahead.
Sir Johns gorge, where the government wanted to dam up but due to environmental pressure groups the plans didn't go ahead.
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