An afternoon at the Territory Wildlife Park

I met with Malcolm and his family, including his parents, Don and Joan,and we drove out to the Territory Wildlife Park, about 50 km out of Darwin. It was a warm day, about 35, but it was still a good afternoon. After a shared lunch we visited the Aquarium, and the walk in aviary and then the Raptor Display.

Malcolm parents, whilst not young are well travelled, having just spent two weeks in Indonesia.



This was a small crocodile with a turtle underneath it.

This crocodile however is much bigger, perhaps around two metres


I hope to see some of these Gouldian Finches in the wild, but its a couple of hours drive on the Arnhem Highway to Bird Billabong area early in the morning.

These Pied (Torresian) Imperial Pigeons are large birds.

This is a Great Bower Bird

Here is a Drongo, if I ever saw one. Its a Spangled Drongo.





We missed most of the Raptor display, but were able to get up close to this Barn Owl.







The powerful White-Bellied Sea Eagle, "Terence" was very vocal.
The Crested Hawk or (Pacific Baza) (Aviceda subcristata) is a rarer bird

Malcolm has settled into Territory life well!

His parents appear to enjoying their Top End holiday.