King Rest Area

Visited: dry season

Recommendation: Always stop at rest areas, especially if there is a water tank. In this single spot, I saw 38 bird species including bowerbirds, woodswallow, kites, babblers, gerygone, honeyeaters and all manner of parrots. 

Another rest area, another stellar birding experience. Every time I see a water tank with a bowl underneath, I get excited. If there are birds nearby, I know I am in for a treat. And so it was that I backed the van into position so I could sit with the back door open and watch the water bowl. In less than 24 hours, with minimal walking around the site, I recorded nearly 40 species of birds and got half decent photographs of 13 of them. You can see them below and a full list of the birds at the bottom.

Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)