Day 12 - Tuesday 23rd October 2012

It was a beautiful day that dawned today.  Blue skies, still air and wonderful company.  Because of the superb weather I decided to ride my mountain bike to work (in Waratah) today, so I made far more observations than usual.   

Observations - back yard in Charlestown 

Rainbow lorrikeets x 50+

Eastern rosellas x 8

Noisy miners x 4

Pied currawongs x 2

Black backed magpie x 1

Yellow tailed black cockatoos x 3 in the morning & a second visit probably from the same family of 3 in the late afternoon.  

Observations - between Charlestown to Waratah

Spotted turtle dove x 14

Indian myna x 6

Sulphur crested cockatoos x 12

Black faced cuckoo shrikes x 4

Rainbow lorrikeets x 20+

Pee wee (Magpie Lark) x 4

European starlings x 3

Noisy miners x 10+
New Species - Pheasant coucal x 1 heard calling in a watercourse in Kotara.