Written in a very disjointed fashion (sorry about that). New birds are accompanied by their Latin names.
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera chrysoptera) - Saw a few of these in the gardens of Adelaide around Payneham. They were pretty common in the area which surprised me.
White-Plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus penicillatus) - This turned out to be the common honeyeater around Adelaide and the surrounding towns.
Sparrows, Blackbirds and Starlings are very cute/pretty birds. Pity they're such pests.
Bird of the day - Eastern Rosella at park in Adelaide.
Musk Lorikeets are much nicer than Rainbow Lorikeets. Much more quiet and unassuming. And prettier I reckon.
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) - Birding in Morialta Conservation Park. I wasn't even sure I'd see this goal bird on my trip. I certainly didn't expect a brightly coloured male to fly right into my path in bushland.
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorynchus tenuirostris) - Another unexpected one. Also seen at Morialta. "What's that bird up there? Cool! It's an Eastern Spinebill!"
Superb Fairy-Wren (Malurus cyaneus leggei) - I heard these all around at Morialta. I even went climbing a steep bush path to find them, without success. A little further along the path Matt asked me, "What's that bird on the path?" It was a male in full breeding plumage. There were plenty of these at Belair Conservation Park as well.
Red-Rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) - Saw my first one in trees near Inchquin Lake in Clare. I noticed a parrot and expected a rosella or lorikeet. Instead I found a preening red-rump. I've since seen 6 more in the Inchquin area and some in the Crystal Brook area.
Birding is challenging/frustrating here. Feral birds diluting everything. Calls I don't recognise. Calls that vary. Unfamiliar birds.
Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) - We pulled into a carpark at Wirrabara Forest and some white cockatoos flew into the nearby trees. I immediately could tell they were too bright white to be Corellas. I jumped out of the car to see my first wild Sulfur-Cresteds. I've been in places where these guys apparently are, but hadn't seen any until now. Saw more at Belair Conservation Park. I possibly have seen these before and just assumed they were corellas, as I almost did on this instance.
White-Winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos melanoramphus) - I wasn't sure if I'd seen this bird previously or not. But a family flying across the road in Wirrabara forest confirmed the tick for me.
Black-Faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) - Another bird I had on my list but couldn't definetly remember seeing. This turned a tentative tick into a full tick.
Lovely scenery, especially Germein gorge. Dead mudflats at Port Germein jetty, not a wader in sight... because there is no benthic life. Wirrapara forest is pretty.
Yellow-Faced Honeyeater (Lichenostomus chrysops) - Turns out these hang around the Clare end of the Reisling Trail. I also saw two at Alligator Gorge.
Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana modesta) - Wandered down the Reisling Trail again. Saw the Yellow-Faced again and got great views of a Weebill which seemed to be deliberately cavorting right in front of me. Walking back home I checked out noise and movement in a tree down the road and found me a Yellow Thornbill.
Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus picumnus) - I saw this driving out of Alligator Gorge. A bird with a distinctive wing bar flew across the road and lightly dashed up a fallen branch - in the gravity defying style of a treecreeper. According to the location the most likely species is Brown Treecreeper. I'm calling this a half-tick.
White-Fronted Honeyeater (Phylidonyris albifrons) - Saw quite a few of these at Port Augusta Arid Lands Botanical Gardens. Turned out to be an excellent birding spot - pity I could only stay 45 minutes.
Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) - I really wasn't sure if I would see these or not. I had heard this was the spot to get them - at the southern edge of their range. The planted Eromophila garden probably helped. A bird dashed along the path and I brought up my binoculars to a plain brown bird with a distinctive crest and perky demeanour. Within the next 10 minutes about 5 flew and dashed along in the bushes beside me.
Spiny-Cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis) - I found this one in a tree at the Botanic Gardens, just minding its own buisness. The "pink lipstick" gave it away despite it being a juvenille and not in as bright plumage as it could have been.
Also got satisfying views of White-Browed Babbler at the garden. This bird was on my list from a glimpse and someone telling me what I saw. This time I was able to see all the features and ID the bird myself.
Being in a wheatbelt, Galahs are abundant. The curious thing is that among most large flocks feeding on the ground there is always a single magpie.
White-Fronted Chat (Epthianura albifrons) - At the Onkaparinga River Mouth. Matt had walked back to the car but I decided I would do the entire walk I originally set out to do. As I was heading back to the car a flock of small birds flew by. I assumed they were sparrows, but then noticed the stark white heads on some of them. On closer inspection I had a small flock of chats feeding on the ground in front of me. 2 adult males and about 5 females and/or juvenilles.
Probably the most notable dip of the trip was the Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo. Despite being in their region and habitat multiple times, I failed to see any.
Western Rosellas are SO hard to find over here! (at least for me). It's weird seeing them so common in the east when our one is so scarce (the weird thing is I didn't see any ringnecks in SA, I soon got used to the fact that when I heard ringneck calls they were actually rosellas).
As for the Wedgebills, I knew Chirruping had been seen there previously and I believe it's too far east for the chiming (oh yes, I also heard them call. 
) Absolutely no doubt they were wedgebills. That perky crest and stubby beak identify them a mile away!