The South Australian Ornithological Association held its Sept end of month
outing at Morgan on the River Murray today Sunday 26/9/99.
The weather was warm and sunny and was attended by 12 members from SAOA and
two Victorian visitors from BAYBOCA, Peter and Betty Bates.
Two locations were surveyed within Morgan Conservation Park which is part
of river flood plain in the area, although the land at present is very
dry.The area contains many large old eucalypts which have great numbers of
nesting hollows being used by Tree Martins and various parrot spp.
1) 9.00 - 11.30am at 34 02 01s, 139 40 50e.
Aust Wood Duck
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Aust Pelican
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Little Eagle
Kestrel
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Galah
Little Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Purple-crowned Lorikeet
Regent Parrot
Yellow Rosella ( P.e.flaveolus)
Mallee Ringneck ( B.z.barnardi)
Red-rumped Parrot
Sacred Kingfisher
Variegated Fairy-wren
Striated Pardalote
Red Wattlebird
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Little Friarbird
Noisy Miner
White-plumed Honeyeater
White-browed Babbler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Magpie Lark
Willie Wagtail
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Aust Magpie - white backed
Aust Raven
White-winged Chough
House Sparrow
Mistletoebird
Tree Martin
Common Starling
2) 12.30 - 13.30pm at 34 02 15s, 139 40 44e.
Aust Pelican
Galah
Little Corella
Regent Parrot
Yellow Rosella
Red-rumped Parrot
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Sacred Kingfisher
Striated Pardalote
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
White-plumed Honeyeater
Grey Shrike-thrush
Willie Wagtail
Aust Raven
Tree Martin
We then moved to an even drier area ca 3km West of Morgan and surveyed from
14.00 - 15.30pm amidst large numbers of flowering Erimophila centred on
34 02 38s, 139 36 00e.
Emu
Kestrel
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Mallee Ringneck
Blue Bonnet
Mulga Parrot
Slendid Fairy-wren
Variegated Fairy-wren
White-winged Fairy-wren
Southern Whiteface
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Yellow-throated Miner
Singing Honeyeater
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
White=fronted Honeyeater
Chestnut-crowned Babbler
Varied Sitella
Aust Magpie - white-backed
Following a report from another member the previous week it was at (or
near) this last location that we had expected to find Black and Pied
Honeyeaters, but even though the Erimophilas were flowering quite heavily,
they were not there this weekend.
Tony Russell.
Tony Russell,
Adelaide, South Australia
08 8337 5959
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