Author Archives: Dave Noble

Back to the Northern Beaches Peregrine Falcons – 10 November 2024

I decided to make a repeat trip to Northern Beaches in order to get some more photographs of the family of Peregrine  Falcons. I did see both the adult Peregrine Falcons, and at least one juvenile flying, but I also … Continue reading →

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Birds at Tempe and The Cooks River – 9 November 2024

It was time to join the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey. This month I was in the group surveying at the wetlands. Walking down to the wetlands, I spotted this White-faced Heron – While the group was gathering, … Continue reading →

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Northern Beaches Peregrine Falcons – 8 November 2024

This was perhaps the most successful of recent trips to the cliffs of the Northern beaches in order to get some action shots of a family of Peregrine Falcons. When I arrived on the cliffs, I soon spotted an adult … Continue reading →

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Victoria Brook Walk – 7 November 2024

Bob had suggested this walk a while back. He was keen to look for a pass from the gorge section of the Brook to the ridge the goes out to Odin Head. The interesting thing about the pass was that … Continue reading →

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Birds at Sydney Park – 6 November 2024

I went back to Sydney Park for a morning of bird photography. I first heard the kerfuffle caused by Noisy Miners trying to evict a Channel-billed Cuckoo.

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Birds at Barton Park – 5 November 2024

I made a morning visit to Barton Park to see what birds were around. It turned out to be pretty quiet. Most of the birds I photographed were in Landing Lights Wetland. There was about ten Pied Stilts there, and … Continue reading →

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Yeramba Lagoon Walk – 4 November 2024

This was another walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW. Yeramba Lagoon, in the Georges River National Park is a very pleasant place to visit. In the morning ,we did a circuit walk around the … Continue reading →

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Northern Beaches Peregrine Falcons – 3 November 2024

I wanted to see how the Peregrine Falcon Family on the cliffs of the Northern Beaches were going. I headed out to the cliffs and was buffeted by strong winds from the North.  The strong winds would continue all through … Continue reading →

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Birds at Sydney Park – 2 November 2024

I visited Sydney Park at St Peters to see how the birds were going and to take a break  from processing photos from Mt Kaputar. Here are some of the birds I spotted –

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Returning from Mt Kaputar – 30 October – 1 November 2024

Returning from Mt Kaputar was interesting. Here are some places we visited – Site of the Myall Creek Masacre After a brief stop at Bingara, we headed to the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial. This is a very moving place to … Continue reading →

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