Eagle View, South Australia.

Back at the Farm for a day after one trip ends and before another begins and an unexpected trip to the coast, it hectic!!!!

Australia, Day Sixty Three.

Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) and Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius).

I woke at 06:00 ish after a really good nights sleep to the usual sound of the Australian Magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) calling from in the Eucaliptus trees down in the valley.

Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens).

These were soon followed by my daily companion the Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys) who was singing from the fruit plot and then the other regulars like Little Raven (Corvus mellori), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Red (Anthochaera carunculata) and Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula), Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) and Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes).

Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens).

Deb headed off to her Moms whilst Ian and I headed South to the Coast at Wirrina to go out on the boat fishing, on the way there we saw Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa), Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea), Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata), Australian Ibis (Threskiornis molucca), Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides), Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang), Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles), Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris), Small White (Pieris rapae) and Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus).

Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius).

We reached the Ramp and launched the boat for a few hours fishing, during this time we picked up Pied (Phalacrocorax varius) and Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens), Silver (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) and Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus), Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) and a single Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator).

Blue Devil.

Fish wise we caught 4 nice King George whiting (Sillaginodes punctatus) which were the only ones kept for the pot, we also caught a couple of Southern Bluespot Flatheads, a Blue Devil and others which were all released but not sure what they were.

The South Coast.

On the drive back I only added White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae), once back at the farm we cleaned up the kit and then settled down and enjoyed the catch of the day later, YUM.