South Australia Trip 11th February - 1st March 2013

South Australia Trip 11^th February - 1^st March 2013

Information

This report covers an 18 day period from 11^th February to 1^stMarch. The timing of this trip was governed by our commitments to running Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge which at this time of year, the “Wet Season”, is very quiet with few guests the availability of our friends Kath and Dave from Cooktown who looked after the Lodge and we thank them for doing such a great job whilst we were away.
We chose the southern part of South Australia as it was an area where we had not been, though Keith had birded in the northern part of the state along the Birdsville and Strzelecki Tracks before. We decided to radiate out from Adelaide to bird areas of the Coorong, Flinders Ranges, Kangaroo Island and all places in between including a side trip to the Birdlife Australia reserve Gluepot, north-east of Adelaide.

All photos © Keith & Lindsay Fisher 2018

Endemic Species to South Australia

Adelaide RosellaPlatycercus adelaidae(Taxonomy - Clements)

Chestnut-breasted White-face Aphelocephala pectoralis

Sub-species (only occurring in South Australia)

Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegansmelonoptera (Kangaroo Island)

Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami halmaturinus (Kangaroo Island)

White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus grisescens

Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus ashbyi(Kangaroo Island)

Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus halmaturinus(Kangaroo Island)

Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus intermedius(Fleurieu Peninsula)

Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus parimedia(Eyre Peninsula)

Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi merrotsyi ((Flinders Ranges)

Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi pedleri (Gawler Ranges)

Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus raglessi(Flinders Ranges)

Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus curnamona (Lake Frome Basin)

Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis myall(Gawler Ranges)

Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti broadbenti(Coorong)

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius parkeri(Mt. Lofty Ranges)

Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Calamanthus pyrrhopygius pedleri(Flinders Ranges)

Shy Heathwren Calamanthus cautus halmaturinus (Kangaroo Island)

White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis ashbyi (Kangaroo Island)

Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla zietzi (Kangaroo Island)

Slender-billed Thornbill Acanthiza iredalei rosinae(Gulf St Vincent)

Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata whitei (Kangaroo Island)

Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops chrysops

White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leocotis thomasi (Kangaroo Island)

Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius occidentalis (Kangaroo Island)

Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera hamaturina (Kangaroo Island)

Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata clelandi (Kangaroo Island)

Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera halmaturina

New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae campbelli (Kangaroo Island)

Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris halmaturinus

Western (Mallee) Whipbird Psophodes leucogaster lashmari (Kangaroo Island)

Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta(Mt. Lofty Ranges)

Grey Shrike-thrush ?

Grey Currawong Strepara versicolor halmaturina

White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos whiteae

Bassian Thrush Zothera lunulata halmaturina

Horsfield's Bushlark Mirafra javanica secunda

Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella samueli

Schodde, R., and Mason, I.J. (1999). The directory of Australian birds: passerines. (CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.)

Complete list of South Australian birds can be found here taxonomic list

A Birdwatching Guide to South Australia by Peter Waanders is a really good resource for birding sites and more.

A good site guide can be found on the Fleurieu Birdwatchers websiteBirdwatching on the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula plus it is available as a brochure from visitor information centres or from Fleurieu Birdwatchers on their website.

Area Covered

11^thFebruary

Left Cairns by Jetstar at 7.15 for an uneventful journey lasting just over 3 hours to Adelaide arriving 15 minutes early. We had traveled Jetstar because they are the only operator to go Cairns – Adelaide direct. On arrival at Adelaide we picked up our hire car from Hertz who upgraded us from a Toyota Corolla to a Toyota Camry automatic. We decided to pay to reduce the insurance excess, which cost more than our own cars yearly insurance! As we were heading into the semi-outback we decided it was worth it as we were likely to encounter kangaroos and emus who are not known for their road sense especially at dawn and dusk.

Managed to navigate out of the airport and head to the city where we found the Botanic Gardens and decided to eat our sandwiches and orange juice we had purchased on the plane. Bird life was pretty much what you would expect in a city environment with Magpie Lark, Yellow-throated Miner, Crested Pigeon, Rainbow Lorikeet, Pacific Black Duck and Australian Wood Duck. Had a quick walk around part of the Botanic Gardens. Visited the interestingly built Bicentennial Conservatory.

Bicentennial Conservatory

1145-1245 Adelaide Botanic Gardens Habitat: Landscaped urban gardens/parkland

Lat: 34 55 6S Long: 138 36 42E

Aust. Wood Duck

Pacific Black Duck

Rock Dove

Spotted Dove
Silver Gull

Galah

Rainbow Lorikeet

Adelaide Rosella

Eastern Rosella

Red Wattlebird

Little Raven

Magpie-lark

From here we headed into the city where we found the SA Parks office and got a few brochures and some information. Many parks and conservation parks are free so we decided that it was not worth buying a pass as we had not intended to go to any of the parks which had charges on them. A Holiday Pass cost $40.00 per vehicle (concession ($32.00) and gives 2 months unlimited entry only to all parks in South Australia excluding Desert Parks and Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island which costs $10.00 per vehicle for a day pass.

Not far from the parks office is the the Adelaide Optical Shop where we collected a pair of Leica binoculars that we had sent to be repaired. We also dropped off another pair of Leica ultravids for an eyecup repair. The Adelaide Optical Shop is one of the few places which repair many of the top end brands of binoculars and scopes, they are located at Twin City Camera House, 120 Grenfell Street, Adelaide SA 5000. Phone (08) 8223 1050. Since this trip Leica have opened up their own repair facility in Melbourne, details are: Leica Camera Australia Pty Ltd. (Retail & Repairs) - U 3/ 876 Lorimer St, Port Melbourne VIC 3207. Ph: (03) 9248 4444.

From here it was to our accommodation for the next two nights, Brownhill Tourist Park where we had booked a cabin. We chose this location as it was reasonably close to the city and easy access to roads out of Adelaide. Upon arrival we were given another upgrade (two in the one day!), to a larger cabin, nothing flash but adequate. After sorting ourselves out we went to the nearest shopping centre to stock up with supplies for the rest of the trip.

After dinner it was still light (about 8.00pm), so we had a five minute stroll down the road to check out Australian Magpie, Grey Butcherbird, Rainbow Lorikeet, Sulphur-crested Lorikeet and a Little Raven.

12^thFebruary

Slow start to the morning as it did not get light until 6.30. had a cuppa before going for a walk up onto the hills surrounding Brownhill Creek. Good views of Adelaide from half way up the hill. Birds were quiet but we did see a few new birds for the state and trip list such as Common Bronzewing, Galah, Crimson Rosella (Adelaide form), Superb Fairy-wren and New Holland Honeyeater.

South Australian Museum

The rest of morning was a city day visiting the excellent South Australian Museum and catching up with an old friend working at the Adelaide Zoo where we had lunch and yes the silver gulls were eating chips at the cafe! A small boy was sharing his bag of chips with them, the gulls fought over every chip. This was a trip tick along with other scroungers in the area, Spotted Turtle Dove, Yellow-throated Miner and Crested Pigeon.

The afternoon was very hot and not bird friendly conditions so after a break we decided to go to the Adelaide Hills to visit the Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens. We arrived at 3.45 only to find they closed at 4 o'clock, so took a 10min walk and left.

Mt. Lofty Botanic Gardens

Next stop was Mount Lofty Summit in the Cleland Conservation Park where we had to pay $3.00 to park. We had a quick look at the summit building and shop then left. Followed the road back down to the  Brownhill Tourist Park park where we explored further along the road in an area of a proposed dam. Turned around and went back to our cabin as 29ºC was too hot for walking and bird activity.

11/02/2013 - 13/02/2013 Brown Hill Conservation Park Habitat: Open Woodland

Lat: 34 59 7S Long: 138 37 36E

Common Bronzewing

Galah

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Rainbow Lorikeet

Crimson Rosella

Superb Fairy-wren

Red Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Australian Magpie

Grey Currawong

Little Raven

Magpie-lark

13^thFebruary

Adelaide to Waikerie

Up early to get ready to go travelling before negotiated the rush hour traffic to get out of Adelaide and onto the freeway (M1) where we turned off at Hahndorf for Williamstown. This route took us through the Adelaide Hills wine growing area, plenty of wineries along here. Stopped at Warren Reservoir to check off a few waterbirds, there is a good pull off area overlooking the reservoir. A scope is handy for checking out the shore line.

13/02/2013 0925–0945 Warren Reservoir Habitat: Open water body

Lat: 34 41 59S Long: 138 55 23E

Pacific Black Duck

Hardhead

Australasian Darter

Little Black Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

Australian Pelican

White-faced Heron

Eurasian Coot

White-plumed Honeyeater

Australian Raven

Reptile

Northern Snake-necked Turtle

Just a few kilometres along the road is the Hale Conservation Park. Did a walk for just over 1.2km in the heat which was not too good for birding. Eventually found some birds including Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo, a very rufous Golden Whistler juvenile, White-browed Scrubwren and a pair of Grey Fantail. Did not do the full walk due to the heat.

White-browed Scrubwren

13/02/2013 1005 – 1125 Hale Conservation Park 

Lat: 34 40 57S Long: 138 54 42E

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

White-throated Treecreeper

White-browed Scrubwren

New Holland Honeyeater

Golden Whistler

Grey Shrike-thrush

Australian Magpie

Grey Fantail

Little Raven

Red-browed Finch

Continued on to Truro for a loo break and to buy some bread, had a House Sparrow in town and a Brown Falcon plus a Nankeen Kestrel on the edge of town.

13/02/2013 1226 – 1245 Truro, Habitat: Urban 

Lat: 34 24 31S Long: 139 7 42E

Nankeen Kestrel
Brown Falcon

Galah

Australian Raven

House Sparrow

Next destination was Brookfield Conservation Park, this was a mistake! Rough track for the car with not very good signage.
Managed to take a wrong turn on the way out and got a bit bushed until we back tracked and found the way out.

13/02/2013 1315-1425 Brookfield Conservation Park, Habitat: Mallee
Lat: 34 21 50S Long: 139 29 7E

Southern Whiteface

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Rufous Whistler

Australian Magpie

Grey Currawong

White-winged Chough

Continued along the road and turned off to Blanchetown on the Murray River where we found a spot by the river for a late lunch. Hundreds of cormorants along the barrage here with a few pelicans fishing. After lunch moved closer to the barrage and checked out the cormorants plus a flock of Little Corella on the bank of the Murray.

Little Corella

Great Cormorant

13/02/2013 1435 – 1510 Blanchetown, Habitat: Riverine
Lat: 34 21S Long: 139 36 57E

Australian Wood Duck

Australasian Darter

Little Pied Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Pelican

Whistling Kite

Purple Swamphen

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Little Corella

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Laughing Kookaburra

Noisy Miner

Willie Wagtail

Magpie-lark

After 10 minutes we headed back to the highway and continued on to Waikerie where we found the Waikerie Caravan Parkand booked into our cabin. Pretty basic place in need of a bit of maintenance but it was OK for our needs. Spent the evening sorting out emails and getting organised for the next day.

13/02/2013 - 15/02/2013 Waikerie Township, Habitat: Urbane/Riverine
Lat: 34 10 40S Long: 139 58 56E

Masked Lapwing

Galah

Little Corella

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Noisy Miner

Australian Magpie

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Apostlebird

14^thFebruary

Had a restless night with the air-conditioner making noise and woke up early for a day at Gluepot. After a coffee and a banana for breakfast we met up with Peter Waanders, a bird guide who runs Southern Birding Services. He whisked us off towards Gluepot Reserve our destination for the day. Saw a couple of Stubble Quail along the Taylorville Road.

14/02/2013 - 0615 Taylorville Road, near Waikerie, Habitat: Roadside corridor alongside cultivated paddocks.

Lat: 34 9 4S Long: 139 58 7E

Stubble Quail

Further along we stopped before reaching Gluepot Reserve to look for Chestnut Quail-thrush, which we found - a lifer!

Striated Grasswren

Then into Gluepot Reserve which is BirdLife Australia's first publicly funded reserve situated in the semi-arid mallee of South Australia. First stop was the Gypsum Lynette Walk which is a 5.5km walk, we ended up doing more like 7km as we frequently went bush looking for birds! Saw some good birds such as White-browed Woodswallow, Southern Scrub Robin and Striated Grasswren. The grasswrens were foraging in between the fallen mallee and would not come out for a clear image to be taken, this was the best one.

Hide at Gluepot

Brown-headed Honeyeater

The rest of the morning was spent driving around, stopping then walking into the Mallee where we found some good birds, but none of the target species. Had lunch at a bird hide watching Brown-headed and Yellow-plumed Honeyeater come in to bathe at a bird bath. Very hot. - around 35ºC.

After lunch we continued searching for Scarlet-chested Parrot without any luck so headed to the visitor centre and checked it out. Walked around the nearby dams for Major Mitchell Cockatoo again no luck. So we left but did not get far before we saw a flock of miners working their way through the Mallee. Jumped out of the car and followed them for a while before Peter got the scope on them and eventually getting onto a pure Black-eared Miner in the flock of Yellow-throated Miner – another lifer. Followed the flock and got some better views of the Black-eared Miner and tried to take some photos but they would not oblige so gave it away. Had one last look for Scarlet-chested Parrot before heading back to Waikerie.

14/02/2013 - 0700 – 1620 Gluepot Reserve, Habitat: Mallee/mixed
Lat: 33 45 42S Long: 140 7 28E

Emu

Grey Teal

Australasian Grebe

Common Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Nankeen Kestrel

Brown Falcon

Galah

Little Corella

Port Lincoln(Australian) Ringneck

Mulga Parrot

Rainbow Bee-eater

White-browed Treecreeper

Brown Treecreeper

Splendid Fairy-wren

Variegated Fairy-wren

Striated Grasswren

Weebill

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Spotted Pardalote

Striated Pardalote

White-eared Honeyeater

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

Black-eared Miner

Yellow-throated Miner

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater

White-browed Babbler

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

Chestnut Quail-thrush = Lifer

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Gilbert's Whistler

Crested Bellbird

Masked Woodswallow

White-browed Woodswallow

Dusky Woodswallow

Grey Butcherbird

Grey Currawong

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Jacky Winter

Red-capped Robin

Southern Scrub-robin

Australian Pipit

Gluepot Visitor Centre

Saw a few birds along the way back to Waikerie including Black-tailed Native-hen and Eastern Great Egret along the River Murray and in town Apostlebird and Crested Pigeon. Also saw and photographed a Bearded Dragon which was on the side of the road by a gate we had to open.

Bearded Dragon

Back at the Waikerie Caravan Park we said goodbye to Peter who is great company and an excellent bird guide, well worth hiring him for a day out. After this long and tiring day we succumbed to to a Magnum (chocolate covered ice cream on a stick) for a Valentines Day treat! A great day in the heat with two lifers and many more good birds for the South Australian list.

15^thFebruary
Woke up about 6.00am and when it got light enough we drove a short distance along the road from the park to Hart Lagoon where there is a bird hide.

This wetland proved to be very productive with over 40 species. Good birds were Australian Shelduck, Australasian Shoveler, Chestnut Teal, Buff-banded Rail, Spotless Crake lots of Red-kneed Dotterel (30+), Superb Fairy-wren and Chestnut-rumped Thornbill. Excellent spot but we can imagine that in dry times it would be very disappointing.

Hart Lagoon

15/02/2013 0655 – 0815 Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,
Habitat: Wetland Lat:34 10 26S Long:139 58 14E

Australian Shelduck

Pink-eared Duck

Australasian Shoveler

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Hardhead

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Rock Dove

Crested Pigeon

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Pied Cormorant
Australian Pelican

Eastern Great Egret

White-faced Heron

Australian White Ibis

Whistling Kite

Buff-banded Rail

Spotless Crake

Black-tailed Native-hen

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

White-headed Stilt

Black-fronted Dotterel

Red-kneed Dotterel

Silver Gull

Galah

Eastern Rosella

Superb Fairy-wren

Weebill

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

Australian Magpie

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Australian Reed-Warbler

Fairy Martin

Tree Martin

Common Starling

Waikerie to Coorong

Back to the cabin for breakfast and left at 9.30 for the next leg of the journey. After a few wrong turns we eventually found the ferry and crossed the Murray. We were heading to Renmark but saw a turn off to Berri which cut a corner saving us some time. By the time we arrived at Berri it was smoko time so we found a spot along the Murray River and had a cuppa. A few birds were along the river but nothing we had not seen before. Called into the information bureau and picked up some more useful paperwork.

15/02/2013 1050 – 1110 Berri, Habitat: Riverine Lat: 34 17 15S Long: 140 36 17E

Australian Wood Duck

Australasian Darter

Australian Pelican

Purple Swamphen

Silver Gull

White-plumed Honeyeater

Noisy Miner

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Welcome Swallow

A short drive of about 30 minutes south took us to Loxton where we found the Murray again and a lunch spot as it was midday by now. First up Lindsay found two Tawny Frogmouth roosting in a River Red Gum by our picnic table, one above the other, they called occasionally whist we had lunch. Apart from that it was pretty much the same birds we had seen at other places along the Murray but we did have a few hundred Little Corella as neighbours!

Tawny Frogmouth

15/02/2013 - 1200-1300 Loxton on the Murray River, Habitat: Riverine/urban

Lat: 34 26 57S Long: 140 33 42E

Australian Wood Duck

Pacific Black Duck

Crested Pigeon

Tawny Frogmouth

Australasian Darter

Little Pied Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Eastern Great Egret

Whistling Kite

Black-tailed Native-hen

Dusky Moorhen

Masked Lapwing

Little Corella

Noisy Miner

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Lunch took an hour before we continued heading south. This stretch of road from Loxton to Tailem Bend was quite uninteresting as it passed through vast areas of cleared land where grain was grown and the occasional silos popped up beside the road in small towns. By the time we reached Tailem Bend we were ready for a cup of coffee so we parked up in town and found the information centre where we collected a few more bits of paper. The guy at the centre directed us to the best coffee in town at the local bakery. We had a cappuccino and shared a custard tart which was very nice. Fuelled up on the edge of town and turned onto the road to Meningie for the 50km journey. Found the caravan park alongside Lake Albert and booked into our cabin which was quite new and better than the last two we had stayed in. Rested up for a while, checked out a few birds around the lake and decided to try out the restaurant adjacent to the Caravan Park which was attached to the cheese factory. Had a lovely fish meal of the local Coorong Mullet with chips and salad whilst watching a thunderstorm over Lake Albert.

Lake Albert

Plenty of lightning strikes on the far side of the lake but none where we were or any rain.

16^thFebruary

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

We planned an early start to the Coorong to beat the heat, but the curtains were too effective and we overslept by 30 minutes so did not get away until nearly 7 o'clock, got to the Lakes Nature Trail at 7.50 and had breakfast.

Set off on the 3km trail as it started to get hotter, so we decided to walk the first section and then rest up in the shade. Spent the time trying to work out unfamiliar calls, but overall not too much action due to the heat. We did find some Purple-gaped Honeyeater without too much trouble, another lifer.

A Fan-tailed Cuckoo was also very obliging as it sat out in the open.

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

16/02/2013 - 0750-1130 Coorong National Park, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk Habitat: woodland Lat: 36 8 17S Long: 139 38 30E

Emu

Little Pied Cormorant

Port Lincoln(Australian) Ringneck

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Superb Fairy-wren

White-browed Scrubwren

Brown Thornbill

Singing Honeyeater

Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lifer K & L.

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

Grey Shrike-thrush

Australian Magpie

Grey Currawong

Australian Raven

Silvereye

We left the trail and went back the short distance to Salt Creek where we spotted a few birds in the creek. There was at least six Australian Spotted Crake foraging around on the edge of the creek, new state tick.

Salt Creek

16/02/2013 - 1140 – 1200 Salt Creek, Coorong, Habitat: Salt Bush, Mangroves
Lat: 36 7 35S Long: 139 38 51E

Australasian Shoveler

Grey Teal

Hoary-headed Grebe

Crested Pigeon

Australian Spotted Crake

Eurasian Coot

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Common Greenshank

Tree Martin

From here we headed back towards Meningie and were surprised to see a Black Falcon soaring low over a paddock beside the road, unmistakable bird.

16/02/2013 - 1205 Princess Highway, Coorong, Habitat: Farm Land

Lat: 35 47 38S Long: 139 21 1E

Black Falcon

A little further along the road is Policemans Point, which is an area noted for its Australian Pelican colony, plenty of pelicans and a couple of other species along the sandy beach.

16/02/2013 1210-1230 Policemans Point, Coorong, Habitat: Sand
Lat: 36 1 55S Long: 139 34 12E

Red-capped Plover

Red-necked Stint

Australian Pelican

Back to the cabin for lunch and air-conditioning. When we thought it had cooled down (the car thermometer read 40 degrees centigrade) we went off to explore the road to Narrung. This was a good move as we saw 200+ Cape Barron Goose and 700+ Pink-eared Duck among other waterbirds.

16/02/2013 -1645-1705 Narrunng Road, NW Meningie, Habitat: Wetland
Lat: 35 41 15S Long: 139 13 23E

Cape Barren Goose 200+

Australian Shelduck

Grey Teal

Australian Pelican

Australian White Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

White-headed Stilt

Masked Lapwing

Common Greenshank

Whiskered Tern

Silver Gull

Australian Raven

Common Starling

There is a ferry at Narrung which we caught on the way back to the Princess Highway and back to Meningie and back to the cabin and air conditioning. After dinner we got ourselves organised and packed up as much as possible for an early start tomorrow.

17^thFebruary

15/02/2013-17/02/2013 Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie, Habitat:Wetland/urban
Lat: 35 41 23S Long: 139 19 50E

Grey Teal

Rock Dove

Crested Pigeon

Little Pied Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Pelican

Eastern Great Egret

Australian White Ibis

Purple Swamphen

Eurasian Coot

Whiskered Tern

Galah

Noisy Miner

Red Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Australian Magpie

Magpie-lark

Welcome Swallow

Tree Martin

Common Starling

House Sparrow

Coorong to Cape Jervis
Managed to get away by 7.15am and drove 30 minutes to the Wellington Ferry. Great fun using the ferries to cross the Murray especially as they were free.

Nankeen Night Heron

Had a Nankeen Night Heron roosting in the trees beside the ferry.

17/02/2013 0745-0800 Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, Habitat: Riverine 
Lat: 35 19 50S Long: 137 23 7E 

Pacific Black Duck

Nankeen Night-Heron

Whistling Kite

Eurasian Coot

Little Corella

Australian Magpie

Grey Fantail

Willie Wagtail

Little Raven

House Sparrow

From Wellington we drove to Clayton Bay and stopped at a roadside lagoon where we had some good birds including two Latham's Snipe and another Australian Spotted Crake. Drove around the other side of the lagoon to Clayton Bay where we had smoko and watched the birds. Good birds here were Great Crested Grebe, Crested Tern and four Red-rumped Parrot who came down to the boat ramp to have a bathe.

17/02/2013 0905 – 1005 Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina Habitat: Wetland

Lat:35 29 21S Long:138 55 0E

Pink-eared Duck

Australasian Shoveler

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Australasian Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Little Pied Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Pelican

Eastern Great Egret

White-faced Heron

Australian White Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Australian Spotted Crake

Eurasian Coot

White-headed Stilt

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Latham's Snipe

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Crested Tern

Silver Gull

Galah

Red-rumped Parrot

Singing Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

Little Raven

Magpie-lark

Australian Reed-Warbler

Welcome Swallow

Tree Martin

Next stop was the Goolwa Sewage Ponds where there was access to two ponds, plenty of waterbirds here but only Black Swan being new for the trip.

17/02/2013 1035-1055 Goolwa Sewage Ponds Habitat: Wetland
Lat: 35 29 51S Long: 138 46 0E

Black Swan

Australian Wood Duck

Australasian Shoveler

Grey Teal

Hardhead

Hoary-headed Grebe

Little Black Cormorant

Australian White Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Purple Swamphen

Black-tailed Native-hen

Eurasian Coot

Red-kneed Dotterel

Magpie-lark

Murray River at Goolwa

After here we went down to the Goolwa Barrage on the Murray River and onto the Goolwa Beacon 19 boat ramp, after a bit of trouble finding the right road and going onto Hindmarsh Island by mistake.. Here were plenty of mudflats with lots of birds including Another Great-crested Grebe, Little Egret, Black-shouldered Kite, Red-necked Avocet, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Caspian Tern and Pacific Gull. Great spot but too many people around being Sunday.

17/02/2013 1130 – 1210 Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19, Habitat: Wetland, River
Lat: 35 31 41S Long: 138 46 31E

Black Swan

Grey Teal

Hardhead

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Pelican

White-faced Heron

Little Egret

Australian White Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Black-shouldered Kite

White-throated Treecreeper

White-headed Stilt

Red-necked Avocet

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Pacific Gull

Silver Gull

Singing Honeyeater

Willie Wagtail

Welcome Swallow

Common Blackbird

Common Starling

Ferry Terminal

After this we had to do some shopping in a local supermarket and grab a sandwich and coffee at a local café. It was then time to drive down to the ferry to cross over to Kangaroo Island. Got there in plenty of time and booked in before putting the car on the ferry and setting off five minutes early.



Uneventful crossing which took nearly an hour, no birds sighted on the water. From the ferry we headed to Vivonne Bay about an hour and fifteen minutes away where we had booked Honeymyrtle Cottage. (Book the cottage through Sealink and you will get a discount on the ferry fare).

Honeymyrtle Cottage

Crescent Honeyeater - male

Had trouble finding the cottage as the directions to it were non-existent. Took a wrong road and ended up at the wharf on the wrong side of the inlet so had to backtrack and try another road, after going around in circles looking for Crabb Road we finally found the cottage by mistake! Luxury with two bedrooms, bathroom, separate toilet, lounge, kitchen and verandas on two sides. Lindsay filled up the bird bath and within seconds a flock of Silvereye were bathing along with a Purple-gaped Honeyeater – a lifer two days ago. Other species came in to drink and bath as well including Crescent Honeyeater. There was also a Rosenberg's Goanna in the garden, which was nice. Tried to log on but reception is very poor so gave it away, also no TV which was no great loss. Had dinner and drove down to the beach for a quick stroll before returning to the cottage after another great day.

18^thFebruary

Rude awakening to the morning at 6.00am due to a previous guest leaving the radio alarm switched on! Still quite warm overnight but slept well. Had breakfast and headed of to Seal Bay National Park which did not open until 9.00am. So we took a short detour to Bales Beach. This was a good spot with Southern Emu-wren and Splendid Fairy-wren in the heath behind the beach and two adult and one immature Hooded Plover on the beach. Took some images of the hoodies.

Bales Beach Sign, the giant Hooded Plover

Hooded Plover - adult

Hooded Plover - immature

Just around the corner was Bales Lookout where we had a few Honeyeater trying to get some moisture from a water tank. A constant stream of Purple-gaped and Crescent Honeyeater were joined by a few Silvereye.

18/02/2013 - 0750 – 0855 Bales Beach/lookout, Habitat: Coastal

Lat: 35 59 2S Long: 137 19 14E

Hooded Plover 2 Adults + 1 Juvenile.

Collared Sparrowhawk

Nankeen Kestrel

Southern Emu-wren

Splendid Fairy-wren

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland honeyeater

Silvereye

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Next stop was the park information centre which had a small shop and a ranger who was not interested in us as we did not want to pay $32.00 to go and see some seals! Outside was a sprinkler, which had Purple-gaped, Crescent and New Holland Honeyeater fighting over a few drips of water in the sprinkler head.

18/02/2013 - 00856 – 0920 Seal Bay Habitat: Coastal shrub

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

Silvereye

Back on the South Coast Road we took a short detour after a few kilometres to check out Murray Lagoon, which is in the Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park and Wilderness Protection Area. The only access to the lagoon was via a walking track, which we were not prepared to do as it was getting very hot. We went to have our morning coffee and found we had left the flask of hot water behind so ended up having iced coffee which was a much better idea! After this detour we had planned to go to American River to look for Glossy Black Cockatoo, but decided to go to Kingscote instead. We went to the esplanade and along the coast to Reeves/Beatrice Point, near Kingscote, where there is a bird hide. Again another hide obviously not designed by birdwatchers, could not get tripod in right place as hole for viewing did not allow an angled scope to fit in, especially if you wanted to sit down. Apart from that there were a few birds to look at, lots of Black Swans and Grey Teal swimming in the ocean, Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher foraging along the beach and both Little Pied and Black-faced Cormorant loafing on a sandbar.

Reeves Point, Kingscote

18/02/2013 1025-1115 Reeves Point, Habitat: Coastal Lat: 35 38 24S Long: 137 38 29E

Black Swan

Little Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

Black-faced Cormorant

Little Pied Cormorant

White-faced Heron

Australian White Ibis

Australian Pied Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher

Masked Lapwing

Caspian Tern

Crested Tern

Pacific Gull

Galah

Superb Fairy-wren

Red Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Black-faced Woodswallow

Australian Magpie

Silvereye

Common Starling

After we had recorded the shorebirds we retreated to a picnic table in the shade, where we logged on and put a few lists onto Eremaea. It was now getting close to lunch time so we stopped the computing and went back to town where we parked up and had a stroll around. Had a very nice lunch at a street café called Rogers which was also the newsagents. Quiche and salad for Keith, toasted salmon and cheese panini with salad for Lindsay. Next destination was Stokes Bay and Lathami Conservation Reserve to look for Glossy Black Cockatoo, which have been seen in the area. Stokes Bay was not very exciting for birds, very rocky hillsides and rocky beach at the car park. People were heading off around the cove so we suspected there was a better beach there. We checked out a group of Crested Tern but nothing else with them and saw 31 Masked Lapwing foraging on a very bare patch of ground, not sure what they were eating.

18/02/2013 1430-1445 Stokes Bay, Habitat: Coastal, rocky hillside
Lat: 35 37 27S Long: 137 12 22 E

Little Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

Masked Lapwing

Silvereye

Caspian Tern

Stopped off at the Lathami Conservation Reserve sign along the main road as there was no vehicle access into the park. Did a few hundred metre walk before the heat got too much for us, did not see any cockatoos.

18/02/2013 1430-1445 Lathami National Park, Habitat: Woodland
Lat: 35 39 3S Long: 137 13 18E

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Superb Fairy-wren

Brown Thornbill

Red Wattlebird

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

Silvereye

Time to head home via Parndana along some dirt roads back to the South Coast Road. We had been watching the promised cold front approaching from the west and it finally reached us as we drove home. We watched the temperature drop from 35 back to 23 degrees in less than an hour, relief at last! Back at Honeymyrtle Cottage we had a relaxing evening planning tomorrows visit to Flinders Chase National Park.

19^thFebruary

Had a sleep in until 6.30 and a slow start to the morning. There was no point in rushing to Flinders Chase National Park as the visitor centre does not open until 9.00am – office hours, not birdwatching hours! Arrived at the park just after 8.30 and parked up with several other early arrivals.

Had a walk to the visitor centre and saw a Koala climb down a tree and cross the road before heading bush, this is what he thought of us!

Koala

Did a bit of birding along the road and found an Eastern Spinebill amongst other honeyeaters. Eventually the visitor centre opened and we paid our $20.00 entrance fee. Started out on the Platypus Waterholes Walk from the centre and immediately three Glossy Black-Cockatoo flew over, which was very nice. The walk is 4.5km to the Platypus Pool, no Platypus as there was not much water but it was a haven for the birds with many honeyeaters coming in the bathe, mainly Crescent and New Holland but a few Purple-gaped, Brown-headed, and White-eared appeared. Also here was Striated Thornbill and a single Purple-headed Lorikeet both new for the state tick list.

Crescent Honeyeater - female

19/02/2013 0830-1130 Flinders Chase National Park, Platypus Waterhole Walk. Habitat: Riparian, along Rocky Creek Lat: 35 57 13S Long: 136 42 17E

Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Crimson Rosella

Superb Fairy-wren

Striated Thornbill

Brown Thornbill

Eastern Spinebill

White-eared Honeyeater

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Australian Magpie

Decided not to do the complete walk so backtracked to the car park saving about 1km walking.

Flinders Chase National Park

It was long past smoko time so we headed for the picnic area and had a cuppa before we drove to Remarkable Rocks at the southern edge of the park. Very touristy with a coach load of Chinese arriving as we did plus lots of other people but the rocks were quite spectacular. We were allowed to go onto the rocks and around the seaward side where it was howling a gale.

Remarkable Rocks

From here we drove the short distance to Admirals Arch at Cape de Couevic and did a short walk to the seal lookout. Nobody here which was great, plenty of New Zealand Fur Seal lounging on the rocks with a few Silver Gull, Pacific Gull and a Nankeen Kestrel.

19/02/2013 0830-1130 Flinders Chase NP, Admirals Arch, Habitat: Coastal, rocky
Lat: 35 3 40S Long: 136 42 17E

Pacific Gull

Silver Gull

Nankeen Kestrel

Just back along the road from here was a turn off to Weir's Cove where Western Whipbird had been recorded.

Weir's Cove

Rock Parrot

Stopped at the car park and took a short walk into the heath looking for the whipbird which proved elusive, but we did flush a Rock Parrot which was great. The parrot obliged by sitting on a dead branch for some images to be taken before two of its mates flew by and it took off to join them on a nearby dead branch.

After this excitement we checked out the ruin of a house which was beside the car park and admired the cutting down the rocks to a jetty, where supplies were landed for the construction of the Cape du Couedic Lighthouse built between 1906-1909. The lighthouse site was inaccessible by land so Weirs Cove, 1 mile north of the lighthouse site, was selected for landing supplies. Originally supplies were carried up a zig-zag path to the top of the 92m cliffs until a flying fox was constructed. This was operated by two horses until a motor was fitted.

Weirs Cove

We left without seeing or hearing the whipbird.

19/02/2013 1300-1320 Flinders Chase National Park, Weir Cove, Habitat: Coastal Heath, Rocky Shore,

Lat: 36 3 19S Long: 136 43 4E

Nankeen Kestrel

Rock Parrot

Silvereye

Vivonne Bay Beach

By now it was well past lunch time so we went back to our table at the picnic ground near the park visitor centre. Enjoyed a few sandwiches and went for a walk around the well laid out camp ground before visiting the café for a coffee and a piece of cake – yum. It was hot and we were birded out and fancied an early finish to the day so we went back to Honeymyrtle Cottage and had a Kangaroo Island Kangaroo drinking at the water bowl, almost drunk it dry! In the late afternoon we went for a walk down to the mouth of the Harriet River, which did not quite reach the ocean due to a sandbar blocking the way. Walked along the beach and up a wooden walkway to the coast road then completed the circuit by walking down Crabb Road and back to Honeymyrtle, no birds on the beach.

17/02/2013 - 20/02/2013 Vivonne Bay, Honeymyrtle Cottage. Habitat: Coastal            Lat: 35 58 56S Long: 137 10 49E

Silver Gull

White-browed Scrubwren

Striated Pardalote

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Crescent Honeyeater

Australian Magpie

Grey Currawong

Little Raven

Silvereye

20^thFebruary

Up at 6.00am for a cuppa and to clear up before breakfast. Hit the road and arrived at American River by 8.30 to check for Glossy Black Cockatoo, which were known to be here. Along the foreshore, plenty of Grey and Chestnut Teal, Black Swan and Australian Shelduck, Common Greenshank, Pied and Little Pied Cormorant pus a couple of Pied Oystercatcher. No sign of Glossy Black Cockatoo despite searching. Quite a quirky place with a real mixture of shacks,daggy buildings and quite nice houses and lots of tourist accommodation.

Pacific Gull

20/02/2013 0830-0930 American River, Habitat: Coastal/urban

Lat: 35 46 54S Long: 137 46 29E

Black Swan

Australian Shelduck

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Little Pied Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

White-faced Heron

Australian White Ibis

Australian Pied Oystercatcher

Common Greenshank

Caspian Tern

Pacific Gull

Silver Gull

Galah

Little Corella

New Holland Honeyeater

Cape Jervis to Mount Barker

Left town about 9.30 to go the Penneshaw to catch the 10.30 ferry. Arrived with plenty of time to spare, the wait was made longer by the crew trying to shoe-horn in as many vehicles as possible. Had to fold in the wing mirrors as the cars were so close. Eventually left nearly 30 minutes late. The journey to the mainland was a lot rougher than the crossing out to Kangaroo Island but we arrived in one piece and eventually got the car off the ferry. Managed to navigate to the Mt. Barker Caravan Park and Tourist Park where we booked in for two nights. The cabin had one of the best layouts so far. Not much birding today.

1^stFebruary

Slow start to the morning as we did not have to go far, only to the Laratinga Wetlands, which is a wetland using waste water from the waste treatment plant and water from storm drains.

The three ponds forming the wetland are adjacent to the treatment plant and connected by a channel lined with Common Reeds. These artificial wetlands are constructed out of old grazing land in an area of 12 hectares forming the most advanced waste water treatment plant in Australia – if only other councils followed suit and took lessons from this environmental way to treat waste and provide an excellent recreation area.

Effluent Lagoon

We were suitably impressed and stayed 4 hours wandering around to check out the waterbirds. Spotted Crake were in abundance with at least 50 seen and several photographed.

Spotted Crake

Other good birds were Freckled Duck, Latham's Snipe, Elegant Parrot and Little Grassbird foraging on the muddy edges of the lagoons.

Little Grassbird

This a must visit wetland not just to see the birds but to see how waste raw sewage can be treated and end up as clear cool water which can be used in a variety of ways such as irrigation, watering parks and gardens. Managed to record 49 species in 3 hours.

21/02/2013 0845 – 1145 Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker, Habitat: Wetland formed by storm water and sewage water run off.
Lat: 35 4 12S Long: 138 52 58E

Freckled Duck

Australian Wood Duck

Pink-eared Duck

Australasian Shoveler

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Hardhead

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Spotted Dove

Common Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

White-faced Heron

Australian White Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Purple Swamphen

Australian Spotted Crake

Black-tailed Native-hen

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Black-fronted Dotterel

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Latham's Snipe

Little Corella

Crimson Rosella

Adelaide Rosella

Elegant Parrot

Superb Fairy-wren

Yellow Thornbill

Striated Pardalote

White-fronted Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Grey Shrike-thrush

Australian Magpie

Willie Wagtail

Little Raven

Magpie-lark

Australian Reed-Warbler

Little Grassbird

Welcome Swallow

Tree Martin

Common Blackbird

Common Starling

After this it was back to reality and a visit to the local supermarket to stock up on supplies before going back to the cabin. In the afternoon we headed off to Scott Creek Conservation Reserve, which is about 30 minutes away from Mt. Barker. We found an access point but a vehicle with its door open was parked in front of the access gate and a guy appeared out of the bushes, obviously not a bird watcher so we kept going along the road until we found another entry point on Mathews Road. Birding was quiet here but we did see a Crested Shrike-tit which flew into some reeds and began foraging before flying up into an exposed tree branch for excellent views. We ended up with 12 species for an hours birding, pretty quiet by our standards!. These two Robber Flies mating were a distraction from the birds.

Robber Fly

We decided to return to the first place we stopped at and were getting organised, when a police vehicle pulled up and Keith had to give a breath test. We had seen a few police vehicles around the area and wondered if we were being followed! However the police officer informed us that a guy had tried to commit suicide here an hour ago and they had found a rope over a tree, which they had removed along with the guy. This was the guy we had disturbed earlier on and had probably stopped him committing suicide, scary stuff. Did not stay long here!

21/02/2013 1550 – 1730 Scott Creek Conservation Reserve. Habitat: Woodland
Lat: 35 5 0S Long: 138 40 57E Mathews Road.

Rainbow Lorikeet

Adelaide Rosella

Brown Treecreeper

Superb Fairy-wren

Brown Thornbill

Eastern Spinebill

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

Eastern(Crested) Shrike-tit

Australian Magpie

Grey Currawong

Quite an eventful day with highs and lows!

22^ndFebruary.

Adelaide to Port Wakefield

Managed to get away by 8.30 and into the traffic to Adelaide, skirted around the city in heavy traffic and found the A1 north. Uneventful trip north with our first stop at Port Wakefield just off the highway. Turned out to be quite a good spot with 21 species included new SA ticks Common Sandpiper and Sacred Kingfisher.

22/02/2013 1020 – 1120 Port Wakefield Wharf-town Habitat: Mangrove, urban           Lat: 34 11 26S Long: 138 8 41E

Grey Teal

Rock Dove

Spotted Dove

Crested Pigeon

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Great Egret

White-faced Heron

Common Sandpiper

Silver Gull

Galah

Sacred Kingfisher

Singing Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Common Starling

House Sparrow

Back on the road we kept heading north and turned off to Port Pirie for lunch, not a great birding place, the tide being low did not help.

Port Wakefield to Port Augusta

22/02/2013 1250 - 1320 Port Pirie Habitat: River/parkland
Lat: 33 10 59S Long: 138 1 13E

Grey Teal

Rock Dove

Spotted Dove

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Australian Pelican

Masked Lapwing

Silver Gull

Singing Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Magpie-lark

After lunch we went a short distance to Port Germein which was billed as a good birding spot but again the low tide was a long way out on the flat mud flats. The wooden jetty here is 1.5km long, the longest in the southern hemisphere and the water was nearly out to the end of it. So back onto the highway for the final leg of the 350km trip to Port Augusta. Found the caravan park and booked in then enjoyed a nap in the air conditioning – 35 ºc outside. After this we went a short distance down the Stuart Highway to the Arid Zone Botanical Gardens. First stop was the Matthew Flinders Red Cliff Lookout which overlooks the Spencer Gulf, it was very hot here even though it was 5.30pm.

Matthew Flinders Red Cliff Lookout

This area has good birding potential but the hot weather was not good for birding, only saw Spiny-cheeked and Singing Honeyeater plus White-browed Babbler. Checked out the visitor centre and will go back tomorrow.

22/02/2013 1550 - 1645 Port Pirie Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta Habitat: Mixed Lat: 32 27 44S Long: 137 44 42E

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Singing Honeyeater

White-browed Babbler

23^rdFebruary

Up and away by 7.30 to check out the Arid Lands Botanic Gardens again.

Arid Lands Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre

This time it was a bit cooler and there was a bit more bird activity, Chiming Wedgebill was a nice sighting near the Visitor Centre in the top of a tree and again at one of the bird hides perched on a dead branch for some images to be taken. Mistletoebird was a new SA tick, plenty of fairy-wrens mainly Variegated but we did see a couple of White-wings. Had to get back to the cabin to vacate it before returning to the botanic gardens vistitor centre to have a coffee and cream scones. Saw a few birds whilst sitting in the air-conditioning looking through the window to a small soak – a much better way to birdwatch! Sparrow, Willie Wagtail and Zebra Finch another SA trip tick for Lindsay.

Crested Pigeon

23/02/2013 0740-1035 Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta Habitat: Mixed   
Lat: 32 27 44S Long: 137 44 42E

Spotted Dove

Crested Pigeon

Nankeen Kestrel

White-winged Fairy-wren

Variegated Fairy-wren

Singing Honeyeater

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

White-browed Babbler

Chirruping Wedgebill

Grey Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Mistletoebird

Zebra Finch

House Sparrow

We then took a trip into town to check out the waterfront, usual town suspects with Yellow-throated Miner being a new trip tick.

22/02/2013 – 23/02/2013 Port Augusta, Habitat: urban
Lat: 32 29 32S Long: 137 45 55E 

Rock Dove

Crested Pigeon

White-faced Heron

Australian Hobby

Silver Gull

Galah

Singing Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Yellow-throated Miner

Australian Magpie

Magpie-lark

Welcome Swallow

Common Starling

House Sparrow

Port Augusta to Rawnsley Park

Time to head off to the Flinders Ranges, first stop was Quornwhere we checked out the Powell Gardens but it was getting hot so bird activity was confined to the ever present White-plumed and Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater along with a group of magpies and a couple of Galah. The other common honeyeater around these parts is the singing and we were not disappointed as we saw one as we were leaving town.

23/02/2013 1130 – 1150 Quorn, Powell Gardens Habitat: woodland
Lat: 32 20 36S Long: 138 2 50E

Galah

Singing Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Australian Magpie

We reached the next town Hawker at 12.30 for a lunch stop at a small park with two shelters with picnic tables. We shared the table with a magpie and a small group of sparrows. A Black Kite zoomed in overhead, another SA tick for Lindsay.

23/02/2013 1230 – 1310 Hawker, Habitat: Urban park Lat: 31 53 21S Long: 138 25 12E

Australian Magpie
Australian Raven
Magpie-lark
House Sparrow
White-plumed Honeyeater
Black Kite

From Hawker it was about 35km to our home for the next three nights, Rawnsley Park Station.

Booked in and got sorted out before having a well earned snooze in air conditioned comfort. We decided that the temperature had dropped sufficiently for us to venture out and do some birding.

Flinders Ranges

Went to the Flinders Rangers information centre at Wilpena and wandered around the surrounding habitat but nothing much to report – Port Lincoln Parrot was about the most exciting bird. As it had cooled down a fraction we headed for Stokes Hill Lookout to try for the Short-tailed Grasswren, stopping to look at the complex of solar panels, which power the Wilpena community. Arrived at the lookout and took in the view before heading out into the Spinifex in an attempt to track down these elusive birds, well they remained elusive despite an hour tramping around some good habitat. An adjacent paddock to the one we were searching in had five guys on motorbikes shooting, which did not help. Went back to Rawnsley Park avoiding the many Kangaroos lining the road.

24^thFebruary

Alarm clock went off at 6.00am whilst it was still in the bag, got knocked on accidentally but it did not matter as we were awake anyway. Had a coffee, made some sandwiches for breakfast and set off for Stokes Hill lookout again. Had to avoid the suicidal kangaroos along the way so drove slowly and got to the lookout about 7.30. and realised that Keith had left his binoculars behind!

Stokes Hill Lookout

Had breakfast and then set off combing the hills, up and down ridges amongst the Spinifex and rocks but once again dipped out after nearly 2 hours searching. It was quite cool but a very strong breeze made hearing any birds calling impossible. Never mind will try another time if they manage to survive in this marginal habitat.

24/02/2013 0710 – 0910 (plus 1hr afternoon previous day) Flinders Ranges NP. Stokes Hill, Habitat: Spinifex 
 Lat: 31 27 32S Long: 138 44 8E Short-tailed Grasswren site.

Australian Magpie

Australian Pipit

Wood Duck Dam

Headed back to Rawnsley Park and stopped off at Wood Duck Dam, where there were two wood duck! Had a cuppa here and watched birds coming into drink including 21 Peaceful Dove, Crested Pigeon, lots of ringnecks and some Mulga Parrot. Took some images of a dragonfly which was hanging around a soak. Also on the water were two Little Grebe, a Pacific Black Duck and a Grey Teal and circling above was a Wedge-tailed Eagle. A good smoko stop.

4/02/2013 0920 – 1015 Flinders Ranges National Park, Wood Duck Dam Habitat: wetland-woodland

Lat: 31 29 49S Long: 138 38 44E

Australian Wood Duck

Grey Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Australasian Grebe

Crested Pigeon

Peaceful Dove

Whistling Kite

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Port Lincoln(Australian) Ringneck

Mulga Parrot

Weebill

Australian Magpie

Australian Raven

Back at Rawnsley we picked up the binos and drove around the property to check out the walking tracks.

Rawnsley Park

Saw some Southern White-face and Chestnut-rumped Thornbill sitting in a low bush sheltering from the hot sun along with quite a few Emu but not much else. Back at the cabin there were Superb Fairy-wren and Jackie Winter along with Singing and Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater. Late afternoon we went back to Wood Duck Dam which was very quiet. The evening was spent having a meal at the Woolshed Restaurant just a short walk from the cabin.

25^thFebruary
Just for a change we were up early and off to Wilpena arriving at 7.10 on a cooler morning with plenty of cloud cover, 24 degrees. Set off on a walk past the camp ground and off towards Wilpena Pound. Pretty quiet for birds but a few were showing along the way including White-faced Heron, Laughing Kookaburra (6), Variegated Fairy-wren, Yellow-rumped and Inland Thornbill, Grey Fantail and Common Blackbird. The walk was an 8km round trip with a lot of it uphill passing Hills Homestead which was the home of the first settlers to farm the area.

Hills Homestead

More uphill but the views over Wilpena Pound were certainly spectacular and well worth the effort.

Wilpena Pound

On the way down we came across this Red-barred Dragon, quite spectacular.

Red-barred Dragon

Back at the camp ground we had a bird wave visit, Yellow-throated Miner, Apostlebird, Australian Magpie and Australian Raven all looking for hand outs, which we did not have.

Australian Magpie

Late afternoon we went out to Arkaroo Rock, which is on the way to Wilpena, and walked part way along the track to the rock. All was quiet, four Wedge-tailed Eagle were soaring over the mountain range and we eventually heard Australian Raven and Weebill. Still very hot so we headed off to Wood Duck Dam where we sat for 25 minutes. Not many birds, a Whistling Kite was overhead, one Pacific Black Duck, three Australasian Grebe and a small flock of Inland Thornbill passed by. Plenty of kangaroos came down to drink and cool off in the water, mainly Western Grey along with at least one Big Red hanging around.

Western Grey Kangaroo

24/02/2013 - 25/02/2013 Flinders Ranges National Park, Habitat: Various, Spinifex, woodland, riverine, shrub, rocky ravines.     

Lat: 31 26 24S Long: 138 36 32E

Emu

White-faced Heron

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Galah

Port Lincoln(Australian) Ringneck

Laughing Kookaburra

Variegated Fairy-wren

Weebill

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Inland Thornbill

White-plumed Honeyeater

Yellow-throated Miner

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Grey Shrike-thrush

Grey Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Grey Fantail

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Apostlebird

Common Blackbird

Emu

26^thFebruary

Rawnsley Park to Clare

Up early for a quick check around Rawnsley Park Station seeing Mulga Parrot and Yellow-rumped Thornbill along with another group of Southern Whiteface. Back for breakfast and to clear up before handing the key in and saying goodbye to Rawnsley Park and the Flinders Ranges.

23/02/2013 - 26/02/2013 Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges Habitat: low shrub,grass 

Lat: 31 39 6S Long: 138 35 40E Accommodation - edge of the Flinders Ranges NP.

Crested Pigeon

Peaceful Dove

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Mulga Parrot

Variegated Fairy-wren

Weebill

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Inland Thornbill

Southern Whiteface

Singing Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

White-browed Babbler

Grey Shrike-thrush

Grey Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Hooded Robin

House Sparrow

On our way out we nearly ran over this Shingleback skink which was sunning in the middle of the road, not a good idea.

Shingleback

Headed south through Hawker and onto the RM Williams Highway for Orroroo. Arrived at Orroroo and had trouble finding the Lions Picnic area due to poor signage which stopped directing once we hit town, eventually followed our noses and found it. Pleasant place to have smoko with a feral duck and it's partner a European Coot!

26/02/2013 1130 – 1150 Ororoo, Habitat: Grazed Grassland and creek Lat: 32 45 0S Long: 138 35 0E 10' area along road and Lions Picnic Area.

Eurasian Coot

Striated Pardalote

White-plumed Honeyeater

Australian Magpie

Australian Raven

House Sparrow

Continued south and pulled off the highway to Bundaleer Forest Reserve where there is a nice picnic area with seats and shade. Went for a short walk after lunch but nothing much around. Bundaleer Forest Reserve was the birthplace of forestry in Australia when trial plantings were begun here in 1876. More history about the beginnings of the forest can be found on the government website, Trove. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/43012393. A useful brochure can be downloaded here.

26/02/2013 1240 – 1350 Bundaleer Forest Reserve, Habitat: Sugar Gum, hardwood and softwood plantations, 
Lat: 33 16 40S Long: 138 34 34E

Peaceful Dove

Galah

Adelaide Rosella

Rainbow Bee-eater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Yellow-throated Miner

Red Wattlebird

Australian Magpie

Magpie-lark

Common Blackbird

From here we continued south to Clare passing wide open fields of cut grain and sheep. Arrived at Clare and refuelled before going to the Clare Caravan Parkand our cabin. Had a short break before deciding to go out to check out the nearby Spring Gully Conservation Park. Got off to a good start by reversing into a post outside the cabin-grrr. Found the conservation park after once again poor signage. Directions started off from the highway but then no more. Parked up and went for a walk along a track but very quiet, Adelaide Rosella, Grey Fantail and a couple of Galah. Did not stay long as we headed for home but got waylaid along the way by a few birds, Brown Treecreeper and a highlight our second sighting of a Crested Shrike-tit – a nice male. Turned out to be a good place after a slow start. This conservation park protects the only stand of red stringybarks in South Australia.

26/02/2013 1655 – 1750 Spring Creek Conservation Reserve Habitat: Woodland, Red Stringybark, Lat: 33 54 58S Long: 138 35 58E

White-faced Heron

Galah In tree hollow.

Adelaide Rosella

Rainbow Bee-eater

Brown Treecreeper

Weebill

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Striated Pardalote

White-plumed Honeyeater

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

Eastern(Crested) Shrike-tit

Grey Fantail

Willie Wagtail

White-winged Chough

27^thFebruary

Slow start to the morning, getting packed up, checking out a few birds around the cabin and having breakfast outside after the noisy neighbours had gone to work.

26/02/2013 - 27/02/2013 Clare Caravan Park Habitat: Tall woodland
Lat: 33 50 59S Long: 138 37 14E

Common Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Galah

Adelaide Rosella

Laughing Kookaburra

White-plumed Honeyeater

Noisy Miner

Red Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Australian Magpie

Magpie-lark

Common Starling

Greenfields Wetlands - Adelaide

Headed off towards Adelaide, we were aiming to get to the for morning smoko at the Watershed Café, which is at the Greenfields Wetlands Took a diversion off the road to go to a shopping centre as it was the only place for a loo stop! After this we looked for Barbary Dove in Salisbury without any success. By now we were getting some rain, not too heavy but showery. Eventually arrived at the Watershed café in the rain and had a lovely cup of coffee and raisin toast, quite an upmarket café with upmarket prices. The rain was persistent and thwarted any ideas of walking around the wetlands so we drove around trying to find some vantage point to view the birds. Found one area which was quite good and another area near the salt works where we walked a short track as the rain had eased off.

27/02/2013 1020 – 1135 Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek Habitat: Wetland              
Lat: 34 49 22S Long: 138 35 26E

Freckled Duck

Australian Shelduck

Australasian Shoveler

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Rock Dove

Spotted Dove

Crested Pigeon

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

Great Egret

Australian White Ibis

Purple Swamphen

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Black-fronted Dotterel

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Singing Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

Willie Wagtail

Magpie-lark

Common Blackbird

Adelaide to Okaparinga NP

From here we returned to the main road, stopping at Barker Inlet Wetlands but again the drizzle put paid to any walking, had a quick scan but nothing of any great note. Back on the road to Glenelg we travelled through Port Adelaide which is a very interesting industrial part of Adelaide with some old building which had been renovated along with some that had not, quiet a mixture. It was like being back in England as we drove through Hendon, Fulham, Hove, Brighton and then Kingston Park!

We detoured off the main road to follow the coast road at Hallett Cove (another place for Barbary Dove – but no sightings here), checking out the real estate as we went. Plenty of pretentious mansions, one with a turret, and other older places which had a variety of architecture - not all good. We were looking for the Okaparinga River Recreational Park and found a parking spot overlooking the river next to the very busy and noisy highway but it had a shelter so we had lunch and logged on whilst a few showers passed by. After this we drove around until we found a parking spot where there were some walking trails. It had stopped raining again so we went for a short walk along the river. Saw our first Golden-headed Cisticola of the trip and back at the car park good views of Musk Lorikeet.

Golden-headed Cisticola

27/02/2013 1410 – 1545 Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve, Habitat: Riverine-wood, Lat: 35 10 23S Long: 138 29 5E

Black Swan

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Rock Dove

Spotted Dove

Crested Pigeon

Little Pied Cormorant

Australian Pelican

Great Egret

Royal Spoonbill

Black-shouldered Kite

Australian Hobby

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Common Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Silver Gull

Musk Lorikeet

Adelaide Rosella

Superb Fairy-wren

Singing Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

Australian Magpie

Little Raven

Magpie-lark

Golden-headed Cisticola

Welcome Swallow

Common Starling


Okaparinga NP to Mount Compass

It was getting late in the afternoon and Lindsay was getting birders fatigue so we took off for Mt. Compass our overnight destination. Stopped at Willunga just off the highway to get some fish and potatoes for dinner. Followed the old winding highway out of town until it joined the newer by-pass road and continued on to Mt. Compass. Found the road south of the town and turned off onto Cleland Valley Road which lead to Compass Country Cabins and booked into a cabin for the next two nights.

Compass Country Cabins

The rain had virtually stopped and the temperature was dropping below 20 degrees so a hot cup of coffee was called for. Lindsay cooked up the fish we had just bought and made a delicious meal.

28^thFebruary

Cox Scrub 

Went for a walk along the road near the cabins and picked up Red-browed Finch (just like being home!). Had breakfast and decided to go out birding whilst waiting for a phone call from our friend. Had a quick look for the Mount Compass Wetlands but it did not look very inviting so we kept on the road to Cox Scrub Conservation Park.

Cox Scrub Conservation Park is located on the western side of the Goolwa Road, 8km from Ashbourne. This park is 544ha and consists of open scrub and tall open shrubland formations of Brown Stringybark with Sugar Gum over Banksia ornata and/or Leptospermum myrsinoides, Hakea rostrata, H. ulicina, Xanthorroea semiplanta and/or Pultenaea canaliculata, Platylobium obtusangullumandor alytrix teragonia andHibbertia stricta. This type of vegetation is uncommon in the Mount Lofty Ranges and covers the majority of the park. (Information from National Parks and Wildlife South Australia). We arrived at the park and followed a trail towards some bird action. Here were some eucalypts in flower attracting flocks of Musk Lorikeets and New Holland Honeyeater. A few Rainbow Lorikeet flew over and one perched in a tree but we know all about them so it just got a cursory glance. There were also a few Brown-headed Honeyeater here as well plus Little Wattlebird which was a SA trip tick. Continued on to a taller patch of Sugar Gum where more Musk Lorikeet were feasting on the blossom and Striated Pardalote were foraging, Grey Currawong were loudly calling from the top of a small shrub. It was windy and still cool so we headed back to the car. (Since our visit a large section of the reserve has been burnt out).

28/02/2013 0940 – 1130 Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve Habitat: Mallee woodland

Lat: 35 20 9S Long: 138 43 50E

Rainbow Lorikeet

Musk Lorikeet

Adelaide Rosella

Superb Fairy-wren

Striated Pardalote

Little Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Grey Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Grey Currawong

Grey Fantail

Little Raven

Back at Mt. Compass we bought two hot pies from the local bakery for lunch. Yum, had lunch with frozen apple and peach as the fridge was turned down too low! After a break we headed back into Mt. Compass to check out the wetlands by the school, the one we had seen in the morning was a new wetland on the opposite side of the road still being built. Found the boardwalk but appeared to be no water and no birds so we gave that away.

We then went off to Kyeema Conservation Park., which was once mined for alluvial gold for several years until it was abandoned in 1890. A few years later some of the area was cleared for pine plantations before being used as a labour prison reserve. Since the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires, the Friends of Kyeema Conservation Park have been re-vegetating cleared areas of the park. Today, Kyeema Conservation Park's native vegetation can be enjoyed along a number of walking trails, including the Heysen Trail which runs through the park. The combination of messmate stringybark, pink gum, cup gum and candlebark gum provide habitat for a diverse range of wildlife and more than 70 species of birds (information from Parks SA).

It proved to be an excellent move to visit this reserve as it had some good birds. Upon arrival at the car park we were set upon by a pair of killer Superb Fairy-wren who jumped onto the front of the car and attacked the wing mirror! We got over this welcome and started seeing a few birds, first a juvenile Golden Whistler got us going and the Crescent Honeyeater who took over from the absent New Holland Honeyeater as the most common honeyeater here. Walked a few kilometres and were rewarded with a Scarlet Robin, only our second one for the trip, also here was White-throated Treecreeper. Back at the car park the fairy-wrens had been exacting revenge for us parking in their territory, they left many calling cards on both sides of the car! Little Raven and Red Wattlebird rounded off the visit. There was a detailed plan of the walking tracks in the car park, but, as is so often the case, the signs disappeared once you got on the tracks and we really weren't sure where we were going! Here is a tip (which I thought of after the event) – take a photo of the walking track plan then you can refer to it as you walk!

28/02/2013 1430 - 1600 Kyeema Conservation Park Habitat: Woodland
Lat: 35 15 55S Long: 138 40 45E

White-throated Treecreeper

Superb Fairy-wren

White-browed Scrubwren

Brown Thornbill

Red Wattlebird

Crescent Honeyeater

Golden Whistler

Grey Shrike-thrush 2 adults + 1 dependant juvenile.

Australian Magpie

Grey Fantail

Little Raven

Scarlet Robin M

Back to the cabin where the temperature had soared up to 18ºC so we sat outside to finish off some cheese and biscuits washed down with a coffee and tried not to get blown away by the strong winds. Had a walk around the Mt. Compass Cabins property and added Rufous Whistler to the list. A good end to our last full day in South Australia.

March 1^st

Woke up early, before 6.00am and had a coffee before getting the bags packed. Saw a few birds moving around outside so went to check them out and found a Goldfinch foraging on the ground, another SA trip tick! Also saw a White-browed Scrubwren as we were leaving.

27/02/ - 1/3/2013 Mt.Compass - Compass Country Cabins, Habitat: Woodland        
Lat: 35 22 12S Long: 138 38 27E

Crested Pigeon

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Nankeen Kestrel

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Galah

Little Corella

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Adelaide Rosella

Laughing Kookaburra

White-browed Scrubwren

Yellow Thornbill

Red Wattlebird

New Holland Honeyeater

Rufous Whistler

Australian Magpie

Grey Fantail

Willie Wagtail

Little Raven

Magpie-lark

Common Starling

Red-browed Finch

European Goldfinch

Pretty uneventful journey to the airport where we dropped off the hire car and signed an accident form – no dramas here. Booked in and relaxed with a drink whilst watching the aircraft. Uneventful journey home but we learnt not to get seats in the row in front of the emergency exit as they are not adjustable, so it was a bit of a squeeze.

Total Species List

Emu

Stubble Quail

Freckled Duck

Cape Barren Goose

Black Swan

Australian Shelduck

Australian Wood Duck

Pink-eared Duck

Australasian Shoveler

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck

Hardhead

Australasian Grebe

Hoary-headed Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Rock Dove

Spotted Dove

Common Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Peaceful Dove

Tawny Frogmouth

Australasian Darter

Little Pied Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

Black-faced Cormorant

Australian Pelican

Eastern Great Egret

White-faced Heron

Little Egret

Nankeen Night-Heron

Australian White Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Black-shouldered Kite

Whistling Kite

Black Kite

Collared Sparrowhawk

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Nankeen Kestrel

Brown Falcon

Australian Hobby

Black Falcon

Purple Swamphen

Buff-banded Rail

Australian Spotted Crake

Spotless Crake

Black-tailed Native-hen

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Australian Pied Oystercatcher

Sooty Oystercatcher

Black-winged Stilt

Red-necked Avocet

Red-capped Plover

Black-fronted Dotterel

Hooded Plover

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Latham's Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Red-necked Stint

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Crested Tern

Pacific Gull

Silver Gull

Glossy Black-Cockatoo

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Galah

Little Corella

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Rainbow Lorikeet

Musk Lorikeet

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Crimson Rosella

Eastern Rosella

Australian Ringneck

Red-rumped Parrot

Mulga Parrot

Elegant Parrot

Rock Parrot

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Pallid Cuckoo

Laughing Kookaburra

Sacred Kingfisher

Rainbow Bee-eater

White-throated Treecreeper

White-browed Treecreeper

Brown Treecreeper

Superb Fairy-wren

Splendid Fairy-wren

White-winged Fairy-wren

Variegated Fairy-wren

Southern Emu-wren

Striated Grasswren

White-browed Scrubwren

Weebill

Striated Thornbill

Yellow Thornbill

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill

Inland Thornbill

Brown Thornbill

Southern Whiteface

Spotted Pardalote

Striated Pardalote

Eastern Spinebill

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Singing Honeyeater

White-eared Honeyeater

Purple-gaped Honeyeater

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

White-plumed Honeyeater

White-fronted Honeyeater

Noisy Miner

Black-eared Miner

Yellow-throated Miner

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater

Little Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

Crescent Honeyeater

New Holland Honeyeater

Brown-headed Honeyeater

Striped Honeyeater

White-browed Babbler

Chestnut-crowned Babbler

Chestnut Quail-thrush

Chirruping Wedgebill

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Crested Shrike-tit

Gilbert's Whistler

Golden Whistler

Rufous Whistler

Grey Shrike-thrush

Crested Bellbird

Masked Woodswallow

White-browed Woodswallow

Black-faced Woodswallow

Dusky Woodswallow

Grey Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Grey Currawong

Grey Fantail

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Little Raven

Magpie-lark

White-winged Chough

Apostlebird

Jacky Winter

Scarlet Robin

Red-capped Robin

Hooded Robin

Southern Scrub-robin

Golden-headed Cisticola

Australian Reed-Warbler

Little Grassbird

Silvereye

Welcome Swallow

Fairy Martin

Tree Martin

Common Blackbird

Common Starling

Mistletoebird

Zebra Finch

Red-browed Finch

House Sparrow

Australasian Pipit

European Goldfinch

175 species

Annotated Checklist 11^th February - 1^st March 2013

Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
Gluepot Reserve, South Australia 14 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, South Australia 24-25 Feb .

Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
Four Taylorville Road, near Waikerie 14 Feb .

Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb , 200+, .

Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
Two Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb .

Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb .

Hardhead Aythya australis
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb .

Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb .

Rock Dove Columba livia
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb.

Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb.

Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb

Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata
Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb .

Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

Two Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb .

Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Loxton Murray River,15 Feb  

Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb .

Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island 18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,2 0 Feb ;Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb .

Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island 18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Policemans Point, Coorong,16 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb .

Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb .

Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb .

Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb .

Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb .

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Black Kite Milvus migrans
Hawker,23 Feb .

Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus
Bales Beach, Kangaroo Island,12 Feb .

Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Two Lathami NP, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Four Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb .

Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Bales Beach, Kangaroo Island,12 Feb ; Truro,13 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Weir Cove, KI 19 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Brown Falcon Falco berigora
Truro,13 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

Black Falcon Falco subniger
One Princess Highway, Coorong 16 Feb .

Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb .

Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea
Six Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; 50 Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb , Count is estimate, probably more.

Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb .

Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb 

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Ororoo,24 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb .

Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb .

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb .

Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb .

Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; 31574 Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island 18 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb

Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Policemans Point, Coorong,16 Feb .

Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis
Bales Beach, Kangaroo Island,12 Feb , 2 Adults + 1 Juvenile., .

Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops

Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb .

Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb .

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Policemans Point, Coorong,16 Feb .

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb .

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island 18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb .

Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb .

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb .

Pacific Gull Larus pacificus

Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Admirals Arch, KI 19 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb .

Silver Gull Croicocephalus novaehollandiae
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Admirals Arch, KI 19 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb 

Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami
Three Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb .

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus

Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country
Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Galah Eolophus roseicapillus
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Truro,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Quorn, Powell Gardens,23 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb , In tree hollow.,; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb .

Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb

Purple-crowned Lorikeet Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb .

Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb .

Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb .

Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb .

Mulga Parrot Psephotus varius
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb .

Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb .

Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans
Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb .

Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila
Flinders Chase NP, Weir Cove, KI 19 Feb .

Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb .

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb .

Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Six Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb .

Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb .

White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaeus
Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb .

White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb .

White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus
Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb .

Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Lathami NP, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb .

Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb .

Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
Bales Beach, Kangaroo Island,12 Feb .

Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb .

Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Lathami NP, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb .

Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis
Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb .

Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb .

Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb .

Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb 

Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb .

Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb .

Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis
Brookfield Conservation Park,13 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb .

Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Ororoo,24 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb .

Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb .

Singing Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens
Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Quorn, Powell Gardens,23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb.

White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb .

Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius
Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb , Lifer K & L.,; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb 

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus ornatus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb .

White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Quorn, Powell Gardens,23 Feb ; Hawker,23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Ororoo,24 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb .

Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb .

Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
Bales Beach, Kangaroo Island,12 Feb ; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Seal Bay Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Lathami NP, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb .

New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Bales Beach, Kangaroo Island,12 Feb ; Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Seal Bay Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Lathami NP, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; American River, Kangaroo Island,20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb 

White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons
Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb .

Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb

Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb 

Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb 

Black-eared Miner Manorina melanotis
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
Brookfield Conservation Park,13 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Quorn, Powell Gardens,23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb 

Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb 

Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Lathami NP, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb 

White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb 

Chestnut-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus ruficeps
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

Chirruping Wedgebill Psophodes cristatus
Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb .

Chestnut Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castanotum
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb , Lifer, 

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb 

Crested Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus
Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb .

Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb .

Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb .

Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Brookfield Conservation Park,13 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb 

Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb , 2 adults + 1 dependant juvenile.

Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus
Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb 

Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb 

Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen
Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Brookfield Conservation Park,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Platypus Waterhole Walk.KI 19 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Quorn, Powell Gardens,23 Feb ; Hawker,23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Stokes Hill,24 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Ororoo,24 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb 

Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Brookfield Conservation Park,13 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Scott Creek Cons. Res.21 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb 

Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb 

Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb 

Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Warren Reservoir 13 Feb ; Truro,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Hawker,23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Wood Duck Dam 24 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Ororoo,24 Feb 

Little Raven Corvus mellori
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb ; Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve,28 Feb ; Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb 

Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11 Feb ; Brown Hill Conservation Park 11-13 Feb ; Blanchetown,13 Feb ; Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Berri,15 Feb ; Loxton on the Murray River,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Sewage Ponds 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Pirie,22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Hawker,23 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb 

White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
Brookfield Conservation Park,13 Feb ; Spring Creek Conservation Res.26 Feb 

Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
Waikerie Township,13-15 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb 

Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
Kyeema Conservation Park,28 Feb 

Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata
Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb 

Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb 

Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb 

Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb 

Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb 

SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
Bales Beach, Kangaroo Island,12 Feb ; Coorong NP, Salt Creek, Lakes Nature Walk 16 Feb Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island,17-20 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Seal Bay Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island 18 Feb ; Lathami NP, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Flinders Chase NP, Weir Cove, KI 19 Feb 

Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Berri,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb 

Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
Hart Lgoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Salt Creek, Coorong,16 Feb ; Clayton Bay, L Alexandrina 17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb 

Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb 

Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP,24-25 Feb ; Bundaleer Forest Reserve,24 Feb ; Greenfields Wetlands, Dry Creek,27 Feb 

Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Hart Lagoon, Waikerie,15 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Narrunng Road, NW Meningie 16 Feb ; Goolwa Barrage, Beacon 19,17 Feb ; Reeves Point, Kangaroo Island,18 Feb ; Laratinga Wetlands, Mt. Barker,21 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Clare Caravan Park,26-27 Feb ; Onkaparinga River Recreation Reserve,26 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb

Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb 

Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Hale Conservation Park, 13 Feb ; Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .

Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb 

House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Truro,13 Feb ; Lake Albert Caravan Park, Meningie 15-17 Feb ; Wellington Ferry Crossing, Murray River, 17 Feb ; Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, Port Augusta 22 Feb ; Port Augusta,22-23 Feb ; Port Wakefield Wharf-town 23 Feb ; Hawker,23 Feb ; Rawnsley Park, Flinders Ranges,23-26 Feb ; Ororoo,24 Feb 

Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
Gluepot Reserve,14 Feb ; Flinders Ranges NP, Stokes Hill,24 Feb 

European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Mt.Compass-Compass Country Cabins,27-28 Feb .