Monthly Archives: November 2024

Northern Beaches Peregrine Falcons – 8 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

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

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Dave Noble

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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Mt Kaputar – Astrophotography From the Summit – 29 October 2024

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

Here are some photos I took on the summit of Mt Kaputar on the evening of 29 October 2024. The evening was relatively cloud free. I was particularly interested in photographing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. (15 seconds, f 1.8, 3200 … Continue reading →

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Visit to Mt Kaputar National Park – 26 October – 1 November 2024

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

My friend Wendy invited me to join her on a trip to visit Mt Kaputar National Park. It’s a place that I have never visited, but have been keen to go for a long time. We had a marvellous and … Continue reading →

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