Lesmurdie Falls and Herdsman Lake (north side) (1 Viewer)

Lesmurdie Falls

Saw a soaring bird of prey - probably a Little Eagle or Black Kite.
Collared Sparrowhawk landed in a tree near me.
LOTS of little brown jobs flitting around and whistling - unfortunately I'm not good at ID'ing these yet - only positive ID was the call of a New Holland Honeyeater. I think some may have been Varied Sittellas. Others were probably Weebills, Silvereyes or Yellow-Rumped Thornbills.

Herdsman Lake

Took a wander along the northern side of the lake this afternoon. The white-eyed ducks are back. Haven't seen one of them since early December in Lake Monger.

Also saw

Australasian Grebe
Australian Pelican
Australian Raven
Australian Shelduck
Black Swan
Darter
Eurasian Coot - HUNDREDS of the bloody things!
Galah
Great Crested Grebe
Great Egret
Hoary-headed Grebe
Magpie
Magpie Lark
Musk Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Purple Swamphen
Rainbow Lorikeet
Senegal Dove
Silver Gull
Silvereye
Singing Honeyeater
Straw-necked Ibis
Welcome Swallow
White-eyed Duck
White-faced Heron
Willie Wagtail
Wood Duck
Yellow-billed Spoonbill

And I'm going to do the north side of Lake Monger this evening with friends. Will post later and tell you what I see there.

A nice selection of birds there, Gemfyre. Is the White-eyed Duck the same as is called Hardhead in other parts of Australia? I'd especially like to see Musk Duck on my next trip over there, a bizarre looking bird.

E

Yep, white-eye and hardhead are the same thing.