I thought it may be worthwhile visiting Lime Kiln Bay, and nearby Oatley Park to look for birds to photograph. It certainly was worthwhile.
I walked to Lime Kiln Bay Reserve from Mortdale Station, and then unpacked my camera and binoculars and started looking to see what was around.
This is the first bird I spotted. I think it is a juvenile Fan-tailed Cuckoo –
White-faced Heron
Royal Spoonbill
Crimson Rosella
Brown Thornbill
There were lost of Grey Fantails around. Here is one –
Golden Whistler
Brown Thornbill
Grey Fantail
Little Pied Cormorant
Royal Spoonbill
White-faced Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
Variegated Fairy-wren
Rose Robin
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Australasian Grebe
There was a Boobook Owl roosting in a hollow.
But its sleep was disturbed by a pair of Rainbow Lorikeets –
The Boobook Owl woke up –
And then a Grey Butcherbird started calling nearby.
The Boobook didn’t look too happy.
Here is a Noisy Miner and a Grey Butcherbird –
Crimson Rosella
Water Dragon
Golden Whistler
And a last look at the Boobook Owl –
