From Hiway Inn Roadhouse to Alice Springs, 12-3-07

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Crested Pigeon
Ocyphaps lophotes
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Acacia shirleyi
genus: wattles
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Dicots
Magnoliopsida class
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Australian Bustard
Ardeotis australis
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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A real peacock!

Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Dicots
Magnoliopsida class
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myrtle family
Myrtaceae family
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Brown Falcon
Falco berigora
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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This is the place Waltzing Matilda is about.

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Ghost Gum
Corymbia aparrerinja
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Remarks: (green leaves)

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It was 113 degrees. This bird stayed in the shade.

Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Australasia Railroad

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Australian Grasshopper

Apotropina subtribe
subfamily: Spur-throated Grasshoppers
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Remarks: Likely the Handsome Cone-head, an undescribed species currently designated Genus Novum 28, sp. 1.

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Devil's Marbles

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Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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Some of the birds were sitting around with their mouths open.

Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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This one had his mouth open too.

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Corymbia opaca
genus: Bloodgums
Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia

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