Michelle Gibson has just completed her first field season in the Australian Outback. Michelle left for the field on 12 July 2014 and has been surveying birds along three mega-transects (tracks) in the Australian outback. You can read about her project here. Michelle reports that her first field campaign was a great success and you can see from the photos that it was biodiverse! Michelle is currently spending two weeks at the University of Queensland with her co-supervisor Rich Fuller and the Fuller lab.
Michelle on a dune on the Birdsville track
 Elegant Parrot, southern Strzelecki Track  Wedge-tailed Eagle eating carrion  Zebra Finches on barbed wire surrounding an oil well near Innamincka Regional Reserve  Afternoon survey shadows against rocky gibber  A group of Little Corella (about 5000 total) congregated near a waterhole |  Bearded Dragon, southern Strzelecki Track  Brown Falcon, one of the most common raptors on the survey this year  A dingo coming to investigate us during a transect survey  Two red kangaroos watching us during a later afternoon transect  One of the most rare and threatened raptors in Australia- the Grey Falcon- perched on a radio tower  Brolga at one of the many boreholes that provide year-round water for cattle |
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