The popular Alice Springs Sewerage Ponds (also known as the Sewage Ponds or the Ponds) is a great spot for seeing a range of visiting migrant, itinerant and local birds. You can check out some of the birds that have been sighted at the Ponds over the many years (87 species currently listed with more to come).
We like to thank the contributors, especially Dorothy Latimer, who have shared their insights, photographs and passion with their sightings of bird life at the Ponds.
Click on the images to see some of the birds that have been sighted…
Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)
Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella)
Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides)
Australian Spotted Crake (Porzana fluminea)
Australian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus australis)
Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
Baillon’s Crake (Porzana pusilla)
Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-tailed Native Hen (Tribonyx ventralis)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Fairy Martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
Flock Bronzewing (Phaps histrionica)
Freckled Duck (Stictonetta naevosa)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Hardhead (Aythya australis)
Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus)
Latham’s Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)\
LIttle Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)