I was able to take part in the early Saturday morning bird survey along the Waratah Mills loop on The Greenway. We saw a good range of birds.
The group met outside the Light Rail Station at 7:30 am and while we were there we saw a Brush Turkey –
Here is one of the Red Wattlebirds that we saw –
And lots of New Holland Honeyeaters –
And here is a Noisy Miner demonstrating that they too are honeyeaters –
Now for some non-native birds –
Red-whiskered Bulbuls
Sparrow
Common Myna
And then we heard the raucous sounds of a Channel-billed Cuckoo. But two flew past –
Superb Fairy-wren
Rainbow Lorikeet
Superb Fairy-wren
White-browed Scrubwren
Red Wattlebird
New Holland Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
The bird was hunting small insects, perhaps termites.
When it got a full beak, it would fly over to a nest and feed its young –
New Holland Honeyeater
Little Wattlebird
As usual, we finished off with morning tea at a nearby cafe.