One-day Adelaide region guided birding trip
We leave Adelaide early for a short drive to a conservation park in the nearby hills to be there around dawn. We wander between spectacular
rugged ridges, gullies and seasonal waterfalls, looking for Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Eastern Rosella, Adelaide Rosella,
Musk and Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Crested Shrike-tit, Yellow-faced, White-naped and Crescent
Honeyeater, and the endangered Mount Lofty Ranges subspecies of Chestnut-rumped Heathwren.
Around mid-morning we leave the park and may call in at Mount Lofty or Mount George for Red-browed Finch, White-throated
Treecreeper, Scarlet Robin, and Golden Whistler.
We visit the Mount Barker stormwater treatment wetland where there is usually Baillon's and Spotted Crake and
a chance of Spotless Crake. We then head to the small but excellent Monarto Conservation Park, a remnant of drier mallee/heath
vegetation, with species such as Southern Scrub-robin, Shy Heathwren, and Purple-gaped Honeyeater. We eat our lunch on the shores of the Murray River, meanwhile keeping an eye open for raptors such as
Little Eagle, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Spotted Harrier and Black-shouldered (Australian) Kite.
We then take a scenic route along the shores of Lake Alexandrina, the estuary of the Murray river, and in the surrounding freshwater marshes
we look for waders, rails, crakes and Latham's Snipe.
Little Grassbird, Golden-headed Cisticoloa and maybe even Australian Bittern are possibilities, too.
In nearby fields we have a chance of Cape Barren Goose. You will return to your accommodation around dusk.
Please note: if you want to focus on wetland or shorebirds, this trip will focus on coastal and freshwater areas to the north of
Adelaide instead.
Impressions of Adelaide region birding: hover mouse over photos for description
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