I got up early and walked down to the Lang St footbridge on the Cooks River by 7:30 am to join the Mudlarks for their monthly bird survey along the River. This month the group was going downstream, on what we call the Wave Rock Circuit.
It was a beautiful morning and we were soon underway. Here are some of the birds we spotted –
Little Pied Cormorants
Welcome Swallow
Pied Currawong – with prey (a Preying Mantis)
Silver Gull
A juvenile Dusky Moorhen foraging in the mangroves near the golf course –
Grey Fantail
I think this may have been our fiytssighting of a Grey Fantail on our surveys.
Sacred Kingfisher
It was sitting in the sun on a post in the Dibble Street Waterhole.
Little Corella
Welcome Swallows
Crested Pigeons
As usual, the group finished off with morning tea and a chat.