Australia Family Investigation Species 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2013
The Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae is Australia’s largest bird standing at up to 2 metres (6 foot 6 inches) tall. They are also inquisitive, so if you observe some near the edge of the road and you want to gain their attention you can turn on your car indicators and they will often investigate rather than run off.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2013
We had last experienced this cheerful family of birds in Katherine in the Northern Territory over 13 years ago, so although the population is isolated there they had the same characteristics. They roam in family groups varying from eight birds upwards and have a certain confidence about themselves as they strut around the bush.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2014
Derby is approximately 225 kilometres from Broome and has had almost three times the rainfall that Broome has had so far this month and so we thought it would be interesting to go and investigate the various birding areas that we knew of from other visits during our dry months. Well, the Brown Quail flew and then dropped and ran!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2016
Following on from last week’s post about Langi Crossing and some of the larger birds species that you can expect to find I will now let you know of some of the smaller species you may encounter along the Fitzroy River at this location. Pied Butcherbird looking for food. Male Variegated Fairy-wren about to take off!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. One species alive today offers a glimpse of such behavior: the Nicobar Pigeon ( Caloenas nicobarica ). .’s
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2012
On our recent trip to Kununurra on the Western Australia/Northern Territory border we camped right next to the Hidden Valley National Park , because you are not allowed to camp in the park itself. This was a species we were hoping for in the park-a White-quilled Rock-Pigeon!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2015
The Negri River starts in the Northern Territory and flows into Western Australia and it then merges with the Ord River and flows into Lake Argyle. They were even investigating an old fire pit, which was interesting to observe. They were the first of many of the finch family that we would observe along the Negri River.
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