Author Archives: Dave Noble

Birds at Maianbar, Bonnie Vale and Audley – 6 January 2025

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Dave Noble

This was an activity of the National Parks Association of NSW led by Brian Everingham. The main aim was to look for birds. Our first stop was the mudflats at Maianbar.

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Long Reef Birds – 5 January 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

Long Reef has been consistently good lately for photographing Ospreys. This visit was a but unusual. I arrived at the headland around 11 am, but did not see any Ospreys until 2 pm. First one was flying around hunting for … Continue reading →

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Rookwood Necropolis – A Juvenile Brown Goshawk – 4 January 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

Last summer, I had made a number of visits to Rookwood Necropolis to photograph three just fledged Brown Goshawks. I had made three earlier visits this season to Rookwood – in August, September and October of 2024, and seen some … Continue reading →

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Birds at Sydney Park – 3 January 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

I decided to make a morning visit to Sydney Park to see what birds were out. Here is a Noisy Miner with some sort of  food –

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Back to Malabar Headland – 2 January 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

My previous visit to Malabar Headland had been quite disappointing with only a brief appearance of the juvenile Peregrine Falcon.  This visit was even less successful. I did spot an adult Peregrine Falcon perched on the cliffs, but it remained … Continue reading →

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Narawang Wetlands – 1 January 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had recently heard that a pair of Black-backed Bitterns (Australian Little Bitterns) had successfully been nesting at Narawang Wetlands at Newington. So I spent most of a rather hot day there trying to spot these rather reclusive birds. I … Continue reading →

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Birds at Barton Park – 31 December 2024

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had a pleasant visit to Barton Park and Landing Lights Wetland. The highlight of this visit was watching a pair of foraging Buff-banded Rails. But first, at the Landing Lights Wetland. The Pied Stilts were active.

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Long Reef Birds – 30 December 2024

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

After a very quiet day spent at Malabar Headland the day before, I wanted some more raptor action, so I headed up to Long Reef. As soon as I arrived, I spotted an Osprey perched on the cliffs below the … Continue reading →

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Malabar Headland – 29 December 2024

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Dave Noble

Not long after returning from Tasmania, I headed out to Malabar Headland to see how the juvenile Peregrine Falcon was going. When I walked out onto the cliffs, I soon spotted it resting on the cliffs.

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Tasmania 19 – 26 December 2024

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Dave Noble

I had a family Christmas in Tasmania, staying at my sister and brother in law’s place at West Ulverstone. We were also joined by my other sister and her husband. I took my bird camera with me, and recorded some … Continue reading →

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