Today John Gitsham led a group of enthusiastic bird watchers on a walk through the beautiful Bullock Hill Conservation Park.
A group of 12, including members from the Friends of Cox Scrub spotted or heard 28 different bird species on the 5km walk, including the very pretty Golden Whistler.
The findings of the bird monitoring walk have been uploaded to the South Australian Murray Darling Basin monitoring data portal to add to the information collected by SAMDB’s ever-growing team of citizen scientists.
Species recorded:
| Collared Sparrowhawk
Peaceful Dove Brush Bronzewing Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Galah Mush Lorikeet Elegant Parrot Crimson Rosella Red-rumped Parrot Rainbow Lorikeet Laughing Kookaburra Superb Fairy-Wren Red Wattlebird New Holland Honeyeater |
Crescent Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater Striated Pardalote Southern Whiteface White-browed Babbler Australian Magpie Grey Currawong Grey Shrike-thrush Red-browed Finch (Firetail) Willie Wagtail Little Raven Golden Whistler Rufous Whistler Grey Fantail |
Luckily the weather held off for us to have a BBQ lunch and a chat about what was seen.
Friends of Cox Scrub have a new Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/friendsofcoxscrub/ – give them a ‘like’ to hear about what they are up to.
This project is supported by the SA Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme and the NRM Levy.
