Wader watching North of Adelaide with Deb.
Australia, Day Forty Two.
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Little Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris). |
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Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia). |
On the way up we saw
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen),
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris),
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca),
Black-shouldered (Elanus axillaris) and
Black Kite (Milvus migrans),
Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes),
Little Raven (Corvus mellori),
Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys),
Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) and
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae).
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Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae). |
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Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae). |
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Grey Teal (Anas gracilis). |
We arrived at the gate of Clinton CP, Deb had all ready got permission to drive in which save quite a long walk so we headed along the track picking up
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae),
Australasian Bushlark (Mirafra javanica),
Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis),
Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis),
Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) and
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora).
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Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus). |
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Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus). |
We parked and after putting our wellies on we continued out to the shore line, as we went we crossed an area of Samphire with several large pools of water where we picked up the first of a good number of
Red-capped Plover (Charadrius ruficapillus), as well as a single
White-fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons),
Samphire / Slender-billed Thornbill (Acanthiza iredalei
ssp rosinae) and a single flyby
Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans).
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Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). |
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Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). |
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Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). |
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Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) and Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). |
Once we were out on the shore line we started to walk south following a line of off shore Mangrove trees, along this stretch of water we saw
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris),
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia),
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae),
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis),
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus),
Great White Egret (Ardea alba),
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae),
Black-shouldered Kite,
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) and
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus).
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus). |
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Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis). |
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Red Knot (Calidris canutus). |
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Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris). |
Further on we picked up more and more waders as the tide started to drop, first were
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis),
Curlew (Calidris ferruginea) and
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata),
Pied (Haematopus longirostris) and
Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) and
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia).
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Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus). |
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Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus). |
At the top end of the beach we could see good numbers of
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis), 3x
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), 2x
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica),
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) and lots of
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) but things kept getting shock up due to a
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) and a pair of
Black Falcons (Falco subniger) continually flushed the waders.
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Black Falcon (Falco subniger). |
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Black Falcon (Falco subniger). |
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Black Falcon (Falco subniger). |
As the tide dropped further we added more species including at least 9x
Greater Sand Plovers (Charadrius leschenaultii), 2x
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus),
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris),
Gull-billed (Gelochelidon nilotica),
Australian (Gelochelidon macrotarsa),
Little (Sternula albifrons),
Australian Fairy (Sternula nereis),
Whiskered (Chlidonias hybrida) and
Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii),
Little Pied (Microcarbo melanoleucos) and
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and
Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca).
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Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca). |
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Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica). |
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Gull-billed (Gelochelidon nilotica) and Australian Tern (Gelochelidon macrotarsa). |
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Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta). |
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Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta). |
We returned to the car adding Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) and Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans) before heading back South adding just Hardhead (Aythya australis), Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata) and Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) on the way.
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8 of the 9 Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii). |
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3x Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) and a Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). |
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6x Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii). |
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Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris). |
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Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus). |
We arrived at Deb's Moms and chatted with Ian before going back to the farm and getting changed to make a start on getting the Bales in.
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