I joined the Mudlarks for their monthly bird survey along the Cooks River. The group meets near the Lang St Bridge at 7:30 am (7 am during the daylight saving period) on the second Tuesday of the month.
This month the group surveys along the upstream loop – to the Boat Harbour and the Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands.
Here are some of the birds that were seen –
Masked Lapwing
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorants
Tawny Frogmouth #1
Grey Butcherbird
Tawny Frogmouth #2
Noisy Miners
Golden Whistler
Magpie Lark on nest –
Australasian Grebe
Striated Heron
The party on the bridge at the Sugar Mill –
White-faced Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
White-faced Heron
Galls on wattle. One of the group, Doug, pointed out these galls and he opened one up – revealing a grub – the larval stage of a wasp.
Welcome Swallow
Dusky Moorhen
One of a pair of Magpie Larks building a nest –
Bringing nesting materials –
Australasian Grebe
White-faced Heron
Australasian Grebe
As usual. the group had morning tea and chat after the survey.