It was time for the monthly bird survey in Wolli Creek Regional Park (from Girrahween Park to the Flying Fox Camp and back). Our group is one of 7 that do monthly surveys in the park, as part of the wider activities of The Wolli Creek Preservation Society.
This survey turned out to be interesting, as I will show. We also heard a number of birds that I was not able to photograph including Scarlet Honeyeaters.
Olive Backed Oriole
New Holland Honeyeater
Nearby was evidence of Bandicoots. They make a distinctive angled conical hole when they dig for truffles.
Crested Pigeon
New Holland Honeyeaters
A Water Dragon started to swim across Wolli Creek –
It was then harassed by a Willie Wagtail –
Grey Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
White Browed Scrubwren
New Holland Honeyeater
And then one of the group, Michael, spotted a Ring Tailed Possum –
More bandicoot digging –
White Browed Scrubwren
Laughing Kookaburra
White Browed Scrubwren
We had heard the call of a Sacred Kingfisher on the walk down the track. On the way back we spotted it –
And we spotted the Ring Tailed Possum again –
And the Cymbidium suave orchid near the picnic tables was doing well –
