Eagle View and Bald Hill Road, South Australia.

Around the farm and nearby.

Australia, Day Thirty Four.

Eastern Mantis Orchid (Caladenia tentaculata).

I was having a day around the farm whilst Deb went out again to a restricted site doing some more surveys, around the farm and down on the fields with Ian when we checked the Cattle we recorded Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae), Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos), Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys), Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis), European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena), Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis), Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae), Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) and Small White (Pieris rapae).

Eastern Mantis Orchid (Caladenia tentaculata).

Later Ian dropped me at the top of the hill along Bald Hill Road and I did some birding / Orchid hunting on the way back, bird wise I didn't get much as it was quite wind but found Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata), Little Raven (Corvus mellori), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans) and Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus).

Notched Onion-Orchid (Microtis arenaria).

Notched Onion-Orchid (Microtis arenaria).

Notched Onion-Orchid (Microtis arenaria).

Orchid wise I had two species, both of which were new to me, the first was the very smart Eastern Mantis Orchid (Caladenia tentaculata) which is a very nice looking spider and the other was a less showy Notched Onion-Orchid (Microtis arenaria).

Red and Blue Damsel (Xanthagrion erythroneurum).

I also had a few Dragon's but the only one I managed a shot of was the Red and Blue Damsel (Xanthagrion erythroneurum) a new species for me.

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Back at the farm the Tree Martins (Petrochelidon nigricans) came in for the egg shells as usual and I also saw 3x Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus), Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) and White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae).