I joined Sue and Valerie for a wonderful day wandering around parts of Oatley Park and Lime Kiln Bay Reserve. We spotted a lot of nice birds and orchids.
Here are some photos –
Crimson Rosellas
Dusky Moorhen
A Pacific Black Duck with three ducklings –
This Fairy-wren has captured an insect –
Another Fairy-wren –
Little Pied Cormorant
A raptor flew high overhead. Probably a Brown Goshawk –
Rose Robin
Golden Whistler
Red-browed Firetail
Brown Gerygone
Eastern Yellow Robin
White-browed Scrubwren
Grey Fantail
Golden Whistler
Brown Thornbill
Silvereye
Brown Thornbill
Grey Butcherbird
Tawny Frogmouths
Here are some Caladenia sp. Orchids we spotted –
Powerful Owl
Juvenile Red-browed Firetail –
It had been a very pleasant day. Many thanks to Valerie for driving.
I believe that the ‘Brown Goshawk’ is in fact a Pacific Baza. The horizontal barring on the body is too strong, and there are no vertical bars, as for a young Brown Goshawk.
You could well be right. Thanks. We only had a very brief view, and it was quite high. Lots of alarm calls from the Noisy Miner.