I joined the Mudlarks for their early morning bird survey on their Cooks River. This month the survey was around the downstream “Wave Rock” circuit. The weather was fine but cold and not that many birds were seen.
Here are some of the birds we saw –
Masked Lapwing
Magpie Lark
Dusky Moorhen
Little Pied Cormorants
Magpie
Magpie Lark
Laughing Kookaburra
Welcome Swallows
Little Corella
Galah
Grey Butcherbird
This Masked Lapwing seemed very annoyed. One of the party Simin, later spotted it had a small chick nearby.
As usual, the survey finished with morning tea back at Ewen Park. I then walked up the Cooks River to Canterbury Road. Here are a few more birds I saw along the way –
Little Pied Cormorants
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Little Pied Cormorants
