September

A few shots form the month of September..

With cool nights prevailing this month, reptiles could be found basking in the morning sun.



Including this Crack-dwelling Whipsnake (Demansia rimicola). Though not visible here the underside of these snakes is vibrant to say the least, particularly the tail which was an amazing bright yellow.

  

This was the first of this species I have come across, and the floodgates opened from there with another three appearing over the next few days.

This long but skinny Eastern Brown was doing its finest Inland Taipan impersonation, casually checking soil cracks in the floodplain.

I managed a few snaps of it with a basic point and shoot camera that I had handy.

Lizards also came to life with plenty of Bearded, and Earless dragons getting around

Earless Dragon

The compounding affects of road kill are always evident on the trip to Eromanga.

Many road kill kangaroos etc. are accompanied by a Wedge tailed Eagle (or even two as seen below)

It is not just young birds that don't get out of the way in time, as this very dark adult eagle showed.

However, there is obviously a high density population in this region, that thrive on the incredible amount of carrion strewn along this stretch of road. I have counted 14 Wedgies surrounding a single carcass on this road. At most times of the year travel after dark on this road is almost impossible due to the number of kangaroos. All it takes is one road train to pass through at night, and this area looks like a warzone.

I loved the look of this particularly blonde recently fledged bird.

After looking over thousands of Black-winged Stilts (which have now been changed to 'White-headed Stilt' by the International Ornithological Conference), and Red-necked Avocets.... I finally cracked a Banded Stilt....!

I walked over a small bank and there it was right in front of me, hanging out with a couple of Avocets. It was the only one I could make out over the large water expanse.