I visited Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside by myself, and had a pleasant day wandering around photographing some of the birdlife.
When I go to Nurragingy, I always have a few goals – birds I would particularly like to photograph, even if they are birds I have photographed many times before. Some of them favourites that are often found at Nurragingy are the Kingfishers (especially Azure Kingfishers) and Pacific Bazas. On this visit, I had a very quick glimpse of an Azure Kingfisher as it flew past, but I did have better luck with the Pacific Bazas.
However, things started off very quietly, and few birds were observed.
Water Dragon
Tawny Frogmouth
It was not till late in the morning that I heard a commotion caused by Noisy Miners. These are always signs there could be a raptor around, and sure enough, I looked up and with some effort, I spotted two Pacific Bazas. It was hard to get good photos of them.
Water Dragon
It was later in the afternoon, when I bumped into another birdwatcher, Darsh, who I know from the Tempe Birdos. He alerted me to, what was probably the same pair of Pacific Bazas.
This one takes off and grabs some prey –
It has a phasmid –
Golden Whistler
As I was leaving, some Galahs were foraging on the grass –
