birdonawire
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Hi we went for overnighter last week, to small town of Morgan on Murray river South Australia, (live in Adelaide) we are used to going to quick day trip spots on Murray river closer to home, but this was much more rewarding, all in all nine new species for us this trip, (we are still relatively casual noobs so easy to get new species lol) they were - Apostlebird, White-winged Fairy Wren, Yellow-Billed Spoonbill, Straw-Necked Ibis, White-Necked Heron, 'yellow' (crimson) Rosella, Pied Butcherbird, Sacred Kingfisher, Mallee Ringneck -
these were all seen in local environs, which included cliffwalk to pumping station, and excursion into Morgan con. pk lagoon, and some was on bitumen road to Blanchetown, halfway at landing called Murbko
many other birds of course, standouts were best obs of Whistling Kites (many) at Morgan, to date, ..solid easily confirmed, used to get them mixed up with Black Kites sometimes (when sitting in trees not flying), saw large family/group of White-throated treecreepers at murbko, about a dozen, never seen more than a pair of these in together any one place before, they chased off the sacred Kingfisher arrrggg! also first non-coastal inland sightings of singing honeyeaters, also only second time seen Spiny-Cheeked Honeyeaters, what a trip, many other highlights
is there anything as good a buzz as seeing a new species!?
what a high!
cheers
these were all seen in local environs, which included cliffwalk to pumping station, and excursion into Morgan con. pk lagoon, and some was on bitumen road to Blanchetown, halfway at landing called Murbko
many other birds of course, standouts were best obs of Whistling Kites (many) at Morgan, to date, ..solid easily confirmed, used to get them mixed up with Black Kites sometimes (when sitting in trees not flying), saw large family/group of White-throated treecreepers at murbko, about a dozen, never seen more than a pair of these in together any one place before, they chased off the sacred Kingfisher arrrggg! also first non-coastal inland sightings of singing honeyeaters, also only second time seen Spiny-Cheeked Honeyeaters, what a trip, many other highlights
is there anything as good a buzz as seeing a new species!?
what a high!cheers
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