10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2015

Due to the windy nature of the gravel road over rough terrain, you are actually back in Western Australia when you reach the Behn River. You do return to the Northern Territory again before the Duncan Road returns to Western Australia where it ends at Halls Creek. So, any birds we saw at the Behn River are in Western Australia!

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Marsupials Birds Australia Fur 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Due to the fact that we will still be camping and birding when this goes online I thought I could share some photos of a well-known marsupial in the southern parts of Australia. We spent two months in Portland, Victoria in late 2009 with Grant’s work and whenever we could we were birding.

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Koalas Marsupials Portland 2009 166

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Outside of Australia, the bilby is a little-known animal that occasionally draws comparisons to Star Wars’ Yoda character. In Australia, however, the endangered marsupial is making a comeback, due in large part to a recently launched “Save the Bilby&# fund. Read all about Bringing Back The Bilby in this article.

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Marsupials Australia 2009 Protection 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

The prehistoric extinctions most famously include the megafaunal assemblages of Europe, the Americas, Australia and Madagascar. It’s when we lost the mammoths, the sabre-tooth cats, the giant ground sloths, the elephant birds, the marsupial lions, and other iconic giants.

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Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2012

This is another migrant from New Guinea, and one that can cause confusion as it is also a mimic and will imitate birds only found in New Guinea while visiting Australia. The Northern Brown Bandicoot ( Isoodon macrourus ) is a marsupial of the forest floor. There were also Metallic Starlings , which had a large colony in the grounds.

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Possums Guinea Marsupials Rats 171