Whether you are serious “Twitcher” or just love watching birds, bring your binoculars and discover the bird life on the farm. We have recorded over 60 species on the farm. Emu are around every day in the paddock. The Wedge tail eagle often flies overhead and the blue wrens come and check you out. Here is a list of some of the birds that you can find on the farm.
Ducks
- Chestnut Breasted Shell Duck
- Australian Wood Duck
Cuckoos
- Dark Faced Cuckoo Shrike
- Pallid Cuckoo
Owls
- Barn Owl
- Tawny Frogmouth
- Boobook Owl
Egrets/Herons
- White Egret
- Pied Heron
Birds of Prey
- Wedge Tail Eagle
- White Goshawk
- Australian Goshawk
- Brown Falcon
Swallows
- Welcome Swallow
Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Sacred Kingfisher
Quail
- Stubble Quail
Dove
- Spotted Turtle Dove
Robins
- Scarlet Robin
- White Robin
- Hooded Robin
- Brown Tailed Flycatcher
Parrots
- Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
- White Tailed Cockatoo
- Port Lincoln Parrot
- Red –Capped Parrot
- Western Rosella
- Pink and Grey Galah
Wrens
- Blue Wren
- Superb Blue Wren
- Variegated Wren
Fantails
- Rufous Fantail
- Willie Wagtail
Honey Eaters
- New Holland Honeyeater
Pardalotes
- Grey Breasted White-Eye
Phachcephalidae
- Golden Whistler
Wattlebirds
- Red Wattlebird
Emus
- Emu
Ibis
- White Ibis
Grebes
- Great Crested Grebe
- Little Grebe
Thornbills
- Yellow Thornbill
- Yellow Rumped Thornbill
Magpies
- Australian Magpie
Crows
- Black Currawong
Finches
- Red-Eared Finch
We also have cute little micro bats on the farm- Mormopterus planiceps or the Little Mastiff Bat. Mastiff pops around in the evenings to keep the mosquitoes and insectus under control before going back to rest, flying is tiring on my little wings.
