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Broome Bird Observatory

On arriving at Broome, i was greeted by a quarter of Broome's annual wet season rain which fell over three days...in June!!! Initially this was a bit dissappointing coming from a southern australian winter, however it gave me hope that the claypans and creeks might fill up, and attract large numbers of water birds to the area. Many of the roads around Broome and the Kimberleys were closed, so my first three days were spent in an around the Broome Bird Observatory and on the shores of Roebuck bay. Not use to the overcast conditions at this time of year, the birds around the campground were very approachable. The Rufous Whistlers that usually skulk higher in the canopy fed down low, and occasionally came to ground. A family of Grey Crowned Babblers were residents of the campgrounds, and Black Faced Cuckoo Shrikes were frequently seen. Singing Honeyeaters visited each flowering tree, and White Throated Gerygones worked their way around the foliage of the larger gums. Out the back of the campground, on the egde of Roebuck Plains a different variety of birds could be seen, such as Singing Bushlarks, Black Faced Woodswallows, Red Winged Parrots, and i even got my first sighting of a Red Backed Kingfisher feeding on one of the termite mounds. The bird Observatory was overall a pretty good bush bird site, and together with Roebuck Bay, its a must visit for birders visiting Broome.

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