Category Archives: Birds

Narawang Wetlands – 11 January 2025

I made an afternoon visit to Narawang Wetlands at Newington in order to attempt to spot some of the Black-backed Bitterns (Australian Little Bittern). This time I had more success. I spent a flair bit of time scouring the reads … Continue reading

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Tempe Bird Survey and Cooks River Birds – 11 January 2025

It was time to join the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey. This month, I was in the group surveying at Tempe Reserve, but here are a few birds at Tempe Wetlands we saw while we were meeting. Australasian … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 10 January 2025

It had been a while since I had visited Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside, so I caught a train to Doonside and then walked into the Reserve. It was warm day, and there was a forecast for rain. Due to the … Continue reading

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Bar-tailed Godwits at Hen and Chicken Bay – 9 January 2025

I had earlier been on the Greenway Bird Survey, and I then took advantage of the low tide to see the Bar-tailed Godwits at Hen and Chicken Bay, Abbotsford. It was short bus ride. When I arrived, I walked past … Continue reading

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Greenway Bird Survey – 9 January 2025

I joined in on the bird survey along the Hawthorne Canal section of the Greenway. As usual, the group met at 7:30 am at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station. On this occasion, it was relatively quiet at the station. Lower … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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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