Sanitised Ticks

Having only ever birded in Western Australia, I had a few birds on my life list that were a little dodgy.  A recent trip with Martin Cake to Queensland (SE QLD in particular) cleaned a few of these up:

• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - a small population exists near Lake McLarty and a single bird hangs around the river near Midland;
• Rainbow Lorikeet - common in the Perth metropolitan area (and spreading, unfortunately);
• Red-browed Finch - there are established groups of these in the hills area.

I had good views of all of these on the QLD trip.  It was nice to see them in their natural habitat and not have the nagging thought that I'm ticking an escapee...