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Week Fourteen: The Center of Australia, and Sydney Part #1

10,000 Birds

Wedge-tailed Eagles roam the skies, along with Brown Falcon, Black Kites , and Nankeen Kestrels. When we were at an amazing rock formation, called the Olgas, or Kata-Tjutas as the locals call them, this Nankeen Kestrel hunted all around me for well over 30 minutes before drifting away in search of better hunting grounds.

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Birding across the north of Australia in July

10,000 Birds

Flock Bronzewings were in the hundreds through this area and Nankeen Kestrels hunted small prey through the grass. Red Kangaroos often stood in the middle of the single lane bitumen across the north of Australia and were in no rush to move on. Red Kangaroos. Australian Bustard. An area of highway that floods.

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