Australia Part 2 - Kangaroo Island

We left Adelaide and headed south (ish) to the ferry for Kangaroo Island, we were really looking forward to this. The ferry terminal at Cape Jervis gave us a few surprises,
Little Corella

 Crested Tern

 Black-faced Cormorant

The ferry crossing was interesting too, Tree Martins were nesting on the ferry....

So on to Kangaroo Island, there wasn't time to do anything the first evening, but the next day we toured the island, seeing lots of great sights and of course wildlife, starting with;
Australian Fur seals

There were a few of birds about while we were Seal watching,
Brown Thornbill,

New Holland Honeyeater,

Silver Gull,

 Sooty Oystercatcher,

 and Welcome Swallow

Our tour of the island continued, finding our first Koalas

Magic!
In the same area as the Koalas we had our first closer encounter with Kangaroos,

plus this spectacular little bird, a Superb Fairywren

what a stunner, almost put this Crimson Rosella in the shade

It was proving to be a fantastic day out, but there is more to come!
Grey Fantail,

 Australian Pelican,

 Pied Oystercatcher,

 Black Swans,

 Red-browed Finch,

 Superb Fairywren (female),

 Galah,

 Brown Thornbill,

 Then from the ferry the following day back to the mainland,
Australasian Gannet,

 Crested Tern,

 Bottlenose Dolphin,

 and Pied Cormorant.

Our full bird list for the island was,

Black Swan  ("Cygnus atratus")

Cape Barren Goose  ("Cereopsis novaehollandiae")

Australasian Gannet  ("Morus serrator")

Black-faced Cormorant  ("Phalacrocorax fuscescens")

Australian Pied Cormorant  ("Phalacrocorax varius")

Little Pied Cormorant  ("microcarbo melanoleucos")

White-faced Heron  ("Egretta novaehollandiae")

Great Egret (modesta)  ("Ardea alba modesta")

Australian Pelican  ("Pelecanus conspicillatus")

Pied Oystercatcher  ("Haematopus longirostris")

Sooty Oystercatcher  ("Haematopus fuliginosus")

Masked Lapwing  ("Vanellus miles")

Silver Gull  ("Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae")

Pacific Gull  ("Larus pacificus")

Greater Crested Tern  ("Thalasseus bergii")

Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon  ("Columba livia")

Crimson Rosella  ("Platycercus elegans")

Glossy Black Cockatoo  ("Calyptorhynchus lathami")

Galah  ("Eolophus roseicapilla")

Welcome Swallow  ("Hirundo neoxena")

Tree Martin  ("Petrochelidon nigricans")

Starling  ("Sturnus vulgaris")

Blackbird  ("Turdus merula")

House Sparrow  ("Passer domesticus")

Superb Fairywren  ("Malurus cyaneus")

Red Wattlebird  ("Anthochaera carunculata")

New Holland Honeyeater  ("Phylidonyris novaehollandiae")

Brown Thornbill  ("Acanthiza pusilla")

Inland Thornbill  ("Acanthiza apicalis")

Australian Magpie  ("Gymnorhina tibicen")

Grey Currawong  ("Strepera versicolor")

Willie Wagtail  ("Rhipidura leucophrys")

Grey Fantail  ("Rhipidura albiscapa")

Magpie-lark  ("Grallina cyanoleuca")

Silvereye  ("Zosterops lateralis")

Red-browed Finch  ("Neochmia temporalis")

Not bad for a non birding trip!