I took part in the Bird Survey along the Cooks River with the Mudlarks. This month the survey was the upstream loop – to the Boat Harbour and Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands.
We saw a good range of birds, including quite a few baby birds.
Little Black Cormorant
Chestnut Teals
Tawny Frogmouth on nest –
Brushtail Possum in a box –
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Egret
Little Heron (Striated Heron)
Australian Ravens
Noisy Miner nest with chicks –
White-faced Heron
Grey Teals
Chestnut Teal family –
White-faced Heron
Chestnut Teal family –
Pelican
Dusky Moorhen chicks –
Little Corellas
Dusky Moorhen chick
Pacific Black Duck
Dusky Moorhen chick
Purple Swamphen and chicks –
Magpie Larks
Dusky Moorhen parent seems to be building another nest –
Dusky Moorhen nest –
Masked Lapwings –
After the survey, and morning tea, some of the group went to the nearby Cricket Net area to see if we could spot the Tawny Frogmouth family. We soon spotted them.
