Eagle View, South Australia.

A day around the farm.

Australia, Day Seventy Eight.

Looking down the Valley to the Coorong.

I was up at around 06:00 and sorting a few bits on the laptop in front of the big windows of the cottage and started the day list off with Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes), Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus), Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis), Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa), Little Raven (Corvus mellori), Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena), Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) and House Sparrow (Passer domesticus).

After Breakfast I went out to the cow fields with Ian on the Gator, we passsed the two Dams where I added Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata), Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae), Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa), Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) and Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos).

Other species seen whilst out included Elegant Parrot (Neophema elegans), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata), Grey Shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys), Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis), Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans), European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) along with Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus), Common Brown (Heteronympha merope), Monarch (Danaus plexippus), Small White (Pieris rapae) and Australian Emperor (Anax papuensis).

Back at the farm I continued to watch was passing as I worked on the Laptop, new species included Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) and a Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) which was being mobbed by a big gang of Little Ravens.

Later Deb, Ian and I picked fruit and Rhubarb ready for Deb to take it to the Markets over the weekend.