It was time to join the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey. This month, I was in the group surveying at Tempe Reserve, but here are a few birds at Tempe Wetlands we saw while we were meeting.
Australasian Figbird
Australasian Grebe
At Tempe Reserve, we spotted a number of Channel Billed Cuckoos. Here is one –
Magpie Lark
Another Channel Billed Cuckoos
Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Australasian Figbird
Masked Lapwing
Welcome Swallow
Noisy Miner
After morning tea, I walked home via the Cooks River. At Wanstead Reserve I spotted this juvenile Striated Heron during in the mangroves –
Great Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
And this pair of Tawny Frogmouths were in Marrickville Golf Course –