I had an early start and joined the Mudlarks for their monthly bird survey along the Cooks River. This month the group were surveying upstream from the Lang St Bridge – to the Boat Harbour, then crossing over to the Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands and then returning downstream on that side.
Here are some of the birds we saw –
Australasian Figbirds
Chestnut Teal
Little Black Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Royal Spoonbill
Pacific Black Duck
Rainbow Lorikeet
Pacific Koel
Superb Fairy-wren
This Willie Wagtail looks like it may be starting to build a nest –
Pelican
Australian Swamphens
Little Corella
We also spotted a number of quite large eels at the outlet to the Cup and Saucer Wetlands.
Dusky Moorhen – on a nest.
As usual, the group finished with morning tea in Ewen Park.