A family birding outing: Archerfield Wetlands, 19 January 2025

On my bird walk this morning at Archerfield Wetlands I was joined by Sam and Mum, and we saw some great birds!

First up were these raucous Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos:

And, also perched high, this Little Black Cormorant, a whole lot of Rainbow Lorikeets and a Dollarbird:

I’ve only been seriously birding for a few weeks but I think I’m getting a lot better at spotting birds now. That Dollarbird was up so high!

I was also stoked to spot this Brown Goshawk, a lifer!

And, of course, there were lots of gorgeous Brown Honeyeaters around:

We were lucky enough to spot the baby Laughing Kookaburra in its nest again. It must be a hungry little baby because its parents were hard at work hunting for its breakfast.

We also saw a group of Rainbow Bee-Eaters—in the second photo I think a male is in the middle of a mating display, which was fascinating to see.

We also spotted these gorgeous Red-Browed Finches (Firetails) darting around the branches:

The lagoon was home to Australasian Swamphens, as usual. Today the flowers had come out, which made for a very pretty view:

And Sam spotted these Magpie Geese somehow perching in branches that looked far too flimsy to hold them.

On the way back, we found these gorgeous Chestnut-Breasted Mannikins—handsome, quick little birds:

And I was really happy with this photo that I took of a Tawny Grassbird:

I’m feeling a lot more confident with my camera and I think it shows!

Of course we saw (and heard) lots of fairywrens, including Red-Backed Fairywrens and Superb Fairywrens. They’re always such a pleasure to spot.

Thanks for joining me today, Sam and Mum!

Birds

  • Magpie Goose
  • Pacific Black Duck
  • Brown Quail
  • Pheasant Coucal
  • Australasian Swamphen
  • Masked Lapwing
  • Australasian Darter
  • Little Black Cormorant
  • Australian White Ibis
  • Eastern Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Plumed Egret
  • Brown Goshawk
  • Rainbow Bee-Eater
  • Laughing Kookaburra
  • Sacred Kingfisher
  • Dollarbird
  • Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
  • Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet
  • Rainbow Lorikeet
  • Superb Fairywren
  • Red-Backed Fairywren
  • Noisy Miner
  • Brown Honeyeater
  • Blue-Faced Honeyeater
  • Black-Faced Cuckooshrike
  • Grey Shrikethrush
  • Australasian Figbird
  • Pied Butcherbird
  • Australian Magpie
  • Willie Wagtail
  • Torresian Crow
  • Golden-Headed Cisticola
  • Tawny Grassbird
  • Red-Browed Finch
  • Chestnut-Breasted Mannikin

See the eBird checklist

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