Favourite Birding Spot #4 Lake Inchiquin, Clare part 2
Lake Inchiquin, Clare
Yesterday I wrote about the water birds of one of my favourite birding spots, Inchiquin Lake in Clare in the mid-north of South Australia. This is but two minutes walk from my daughter’s home and five minutes walk from where we used to live in the early 1980s.
Today I want to write about the other birds I have seen in this wonderful spot. Along the path, in the trees and the nearby picnic area I have often seen the following species:
- Crested Pigeon (common)
- Bronzewing Pigeon (uncommon)
- Peaceful Dove (occasional)
- Rock Dove (common)
- Spotted Turtledove (common)
- Galah (very common)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (common)
- Musk Lorikeet (very common)
- Red Rumped Parrot (common)
- Adelaide Rosella (common)
- Tawny Frogmouth (recorded once)
- Southern Boobook Owl (often heard at night)
- Welcome Swallow (very common)
- Laughing Kookaburra (common)
- Yellow Rumped Thornbill (common)
- Red Wattlebird (common)
- Noisy Miner (common)
- White Plumed Honeyeater (common)
- New Holland Honeyeater (common)
- Willie Wagtail (common)
- Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike (occasional)
- Common Blackbird (common)
- Magpie Lark (common)
- Australian Magpie (common)
- Little Raven (common)
- Common Starling (common)
- House Sparrow (common)
I have only listed species that I have seen on a regular basis, or species of special note. In all I have seen nearly a hundred different species over the years. It is a delightful spot to visit with an easy walking path, seats overlooking the lake and picnic tables nearby.