Belair CP and Near Parra Winna CP, South Australia.

A visit to see the Square-tailed Kite.

Australia, Day Seventy Seven.

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura).

Deb and I headed out Early as we were going to monitor the Kites again but the weather was set to come in and turn nasty by early afternoon, we arrived at the Belair site and put the chairs but the birds were missing which was not surprising as the wind was very strong and conditions were quite unpleasant.

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura).

Eventually the female flew in and spent some time clinging to a branch near the nest and then continued to collect a branch or two, whilst we were there we also saw Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera), Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa), Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus), Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus), Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata), Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris), Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata), Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea), Little Raven (Corvus mellori), Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula), Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), Grey Currawong (Strepera versicolor), Common Brown (Heteronympha merope) and Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).

We were lucky and managed to do the monitoring in full before the rain arrived just as we reached the car, we decided to just pop into the nest near Parra Winna to check on the chicks which we were pleased to see were all looking fine so we returned to the farm in the rain.