I was able to join the Mudlarks for their early morning monthly bird survey along the Cooks River. This month the survey was the upstream loop.
During the survey we spotted a good range of birds, including many that were either nesting or already had chicks.
Here are some that we saw –
White-faced Heron
Pelicans
Rainbow Lorikeet
King Parrot
Red Wattlebird
Willie Wagtail on nest –
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Magpie Lark on nest –
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo in hollow –
Grey Butcherbird
We saw a distant Brown Goshawk fly past –
Striated Heron
Under the footbridge near the old Sugar Mill, there was a Magpie Lark nest.
You could look down through cracks in the bridge and see the chicks –
And at the Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands there were quite a few chicks. Here are some Australian Swamphens –
Pacific Black Duck
Pied Cormorant
And these Willie Wagtails were making their nest –
