Eagle View and out on the Coorong, South Australia.

Out fishing at the Murry Mouth.

Australia, Day Fifty Five.

Mundoo Channel Boat Ramp.

Ian and I were off early for a few hours fishing down on the Coorong at the Mouth of the Murry River whist Deb also headed out early to do her monthly Southern Emuwren (Stipiturus malachurus) survey.

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus).

Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii).

Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii).

Before we left and in the dark I had the daily Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) which was calling and on the way down to the Mundoo Channel Boat Ramp near Goowla on Hindmarsh Island we saw Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis), Cape Barren Geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), Australian (Threskiornis molucca) and Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) and Little Raven (Corvus mellori).

The Mouth of the Murry River which rises in the Australian Alps and runs for 2,508 km

As we were launching I added Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena), White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), Great White Egret (Ardea alba), Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) and Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos).

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Great (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris).

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Little Pied (Microcarbo melanoleucos), Great (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris).

Once we were out on the water we were amazed at the huge numbers of feeding and roosting Australian Pelicans, Little Pied, Great (Phalacrocorax carbo), Little Black (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) and Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) out on the River, there were thousands.

Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae).

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia).

Also seen on the way down to our fishing point on the Murry Mouth were Black Swans (Cygnus atratus), Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides), Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Grey Teal (Anas gracilis), Hoary-headed (Poliocephalus poliocephalus) and Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis), Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Caspian (Hydroprogne caspia), Whiskered (Chlidonias hybrida) and Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii).

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus).

We were soon fishing and catching plenty of nice sized Australian Salmon (Arripis trutta) whilst watching large numbers of Australian Pelicans roosting on the sand bar at the mouth and hundreds of Caspian, Whiskered and Great Crested Tern fishing around the boat.

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae).

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae).

On our way back in we saw a couple of flocks of the very smart Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) amongst the Pelicans and Cormorants on the margins.

Great White Egret (Ardea alba).

Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos).

Once we were back at the Ram and sorting the boat for the trip back I saw Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens), Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) and Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) before we set off and as we drove back I added Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans) and Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris).

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia).

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia).

Once we were back at the farm we parked the boat, did an oil change on the Hilux (ready for the trip tomorrow) and the did some packing.

Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris).

Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris).

Birds around the farm included Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula), Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa) and Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus).

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae).