I had an early start to the day, with the Mudlarks Bird Survey being on. This month the group were surveying the downstream Wave Rock loop.
It was a beautiful fine morning to be out on the River, with mist rising from the still water when the sun hit the water.
A Little Heron was warming up in the sun –
A Little Cormorant was fishing –
Australian White Ibis
The Little Heron had gone down to the mudflats –
Little Black Cormorant
Magpie Lark
In Beaman Park –
White-faced Heron
Magpie Lark
Australian Raven
Golden Whistler
The Cooks River from the footbridge to the Golf Course –
A long way downstream, we could see a Royal Spoonbill and a White-faced Heron –
Willie Wagtails
Great Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
White-faced Heron
Little Corella
Tawny Frogmouth
And, as usual, the group finished with morning tea and chat at Ewen Park.