Eagle View, Jones Road Dam, Near Parra Winna CP and Jones Road Dam, South Australia.

A last visit to check on the chicks of the Square-tailed Kites at Parra Winna before I head home.

Australia, Day Eighty Four.

Ebird List for Jones Road Dam.

Early morning Sun on the Hills.

At the farm I started my day list off with Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Red (Anthochaera carunculata) and Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) and Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys).

Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) male.

Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) male.

Deb and I headed off to go to the North of the area, on the way we saw Little Raven (Corvus mellori), Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius), Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula), Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra), Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca), Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos), Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus).

Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) male on the right.

Blue-billed Duck (Oxyura australis) female.

Just passed Hahndorf we stopped off at Jones Road Dam where we had good views of a group of at least 8 Blue-billed Ducks (Oxyura australis) along with Musk Duck (Biziura lobata), Grey Teal (Anas gracilis), Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata), Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides), Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Hardhead (Aythya australis), Hoary-headed Grebe (Poliocephalus poliocephalus), Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae), Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus), Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) and Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans).

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura) Adult.

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura) Adult.

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura) Adults.

We continued on adding Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris), Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis), White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) and Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae).

Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura) the youngsters.

We arrived at the Square-tailed Kite (Lophoictinia isura) site and checked in on them and we were pleased to see all three chicks were doing well and both adults were sat up in a nearby tree chilling for a while before they headed out hunting.

Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) adult.

Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) immature.

We didn't stay long but had good views of all 5 birds before heading back towards Eagle View, on the way back we called at a spot and picked up Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera), Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus), Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris), Buff-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza reguloides), Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos), Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus), Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Monarch (Danaus plexippus) and Common Brown (Heteronympha merope).

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus).

Back at the farm I watched the local Wedge-tailed Eagle and a couple of Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo's (Calyptorhynchus funereus) which came into the Banksia tree behind my Cottage.