After the Greenway Bird Survey, I caught the light trail into the city, then changed to the light rail to South Sydney Juniors, then a bus to Maroubra Beach, where I met up with Sue. We were going to spend the day out on Malabar Headland.
Despite the rather late start, we had a great day, observing a pair of Peregrine Falcons, a Black-shouldered Kite and some Dolphins jumping out of the sea.
Near the National Park entrance, we spotted a sleeping Seal –
New Holland HoneyeaterÂ
Australasian Gannet
Great CormorantÂ
Out near Boora Point, we spotted one Peregrine Falcon perched on the cliffs –
It moved into a more sheltered position.
Then, the second Peregrine Falcon appeared.
And they both flew off……
A bit later one turned up again.
It landed back on the cliffs.
And the other appeared.
It had grabbed something from the bushes. Probably a bit of stick.
Then it did some nice fast display flying –
The orchid bird, the female, seemed impressed.
More fast fly byes.
We could hear them mating on a ledge out of our site, then they both flew off.
Then we saw some Dolphins –
Australasian Gannet
A very distant Humpback Whale was breeching –
The closer whales were just cruising past –
It was now well into the afternoon, so we stared to walk out. On the way out, we met up with Alana. We stopped and had a long chat.
Welcome Swallow
And as we all walked back to Maroubra Beach, near Dead Mans Gulch, we spotted a Black-shouldered Kite –
And then a second one appeared!
The Kites left the area.
Two Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos appeared and flew past.
Alana pointed out this feature. It appears to be a basalt intrusion (dyke) –
And then a Black-browed Albatross flew past –
It had been a very good day.