Crested Tern, Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge

As regular readers of this site would know, I live in the rural city of Murray Bridge in South Australia. Our city straddles Australia’s largest waterway, the Murray River. Last week I took an hour out of my busy schedule to take a few photos of birds at Sturt Reserve, named after the early explorer, Charles Sturt who sailed past this spot in 1830.

One of the birds I photographed on the small jetty in the reserve was a Crested Tern. This part of the river is probably about 100km upstream from the river mouth (I’m guessing) but we have several bird species more common along the coast venture upstream this far, including the Crested Terns and the Caspian Terns.

Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge, South Australia

Crested Tern, Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge

Crested Tern, Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge

Crested Tern, Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge