Barton Park and Cooks River Birds – 17 May 2022

I spent a full day along the Cooks River -starting off at Barton Park and then walking back along the Cooks River.

Here are some photos –

Great Egret

Chestnut Teals

Great Egret

Pied Stilt

There was one juvenile Pied Stilt at the Landing Lights Wetland.

Dusky Moorhens

There was a Dusky Moorhen family at the wetlands,

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Osprey

The Osprey cruised past but did not come back.

White-browed Scrubwren

Nankeen Kestrel

I saw it in the distance, but it did not stay long.

Chestnut Teal family

Striated Heron

Grey Goshawk

I saw the Grey Goshawk at the wetlands but it soon departed. Later, in the sporting fields I saw two of them –

Back at the wetlands – a Royal Spoonbill

A Golden-headed Cisticola flew overhead –

Superb Fairy-wren

I then left Barton Park, walking back via the Golf Course. Here I saw a Raven flying off  with a golf ball –

A Crested Tern was fishing –

Here are some birds I saw along the Cooks River –

Australasian Darter

Australian Pelican

White-faced Heron

Pied Cormorant

Sacred Kingfisher

Tawny Frogmouths

These were near Marrickville Golf Course

 

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