
THE OCT 2017 BIRD TOUR LIST
Close to 120 species of birds were spotted on the LFWAG Bird Tours held in the Rankins Springs area on the 2nd weekend in October 2017. Here is the list. Maybe it will inspire you to join us next year. A PDF opy of this list is available at this link. 2017 Bird Sightinmg List Emu (P, None)
Peaceful Dove (P, None)
Bar-shouldered Dove (P, None)
Common Bronzewing (P, None)
Crested Pigeon (P, None)
Black-tailed Native-hen (P, None)
Eurasian Coot (P, None)
Australasian Gr

BUS BIRDING AT RANKINS SPRINGS
BUS BIRDING AT RANKINS SPRINGS "Bus birding?" I thought, as the 17-or-so of us assembled at 6am around the flash little commuter bus in the dark at Rankins Springs Hall on Saturday, October 7. After climbing aboard we were soon on the road, to shortly drive into one of those flaming wide-sky sunrises in which Australia's inland seems to excell. From then onwards, I had absolutely no idea where we were. Occasionally I would ask in which direction Rankins Springs was (my only p