Site Report: Cheela Plains
Cheela Station Flies
Cheela Plains Cliffs
Cheela Plains Billabong
Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Argus Monitor Lizard (Varanus panoptes)
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Gray-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
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Cheela Station Flies
Cheela Plains Cliffs
Cheela Plains Billabong
Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Argus Monitor Lizard (Varanus panoptes)
Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Gray-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)
Cattle Station
Visits
- 2023-04-17: We arrived after a long drive, and we were immediately yelled at for parking in the wrong location. After that was sorted out, we walked around swarmed by thousands of flies that wanted nothing more than to crawl into your mouth, nose, and eyes. Luckily, Barbara was prepared with head nets.
- 2023-04-18: We had tried to get the permission to spend the night in the "Wilderness Camp" nearby, but we were informed that it was for four-wheel drive only. At any rate, we did get the key and were allowed to drive there the next morning. As often seems to be the case in Australia, the road was fine, and I would have been comfortable driving a Toyota Corolla into the "four wheel drive" track. I think that these four wheel drive roads in Australia might be back-handed way of keeping out the riff-raff...
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (35 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(35 records)
Class: Birds
(33 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Spinifex Pigeon (Geophaps plumifera)
- Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (6 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
- Order: Parrots
(5 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
- Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
- Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
- Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)
- Order: Perching Birds
(16 records)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)
- Family: Australo-Papuan Babblers
- Gray-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
- Little Crow (Corvus bennetti)
- Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Rufous Songlark (Cincloramphus mathewsi)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Gray Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Diprotodontia
(1 record)
- Family: Macropodidae
- Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Monitor
- Argus Monitor Lizard (Varanus panoptes)