It was time for the monthly bird survey with the Tempe Birdos. The group meets near the lower water basin at Tempe Wetlands at 8 am. This Saturday, I joined the group surveying Tempe Reserve.
Here are some of the birds we saw –
Pacific Koel
Welcome Swallow
Peregrine Falcon
Grey Butcherbird
Australasian Figbird
Australian White Ibis
Galahs
Great Cormorants
The tide in the river was very high, and there were lots of mullet –
White-faced Heron
Welcome Swallow
Noisy Miners
They were hunting for insects –
When we finished we joined with the other group surveying the wetlands and had morning tea at a picnic table at the Reserve. Here are some nearby Crested Pigeons –
And later, walking back through the wetlands, here is an Australasian Grebe –
