I had an interesting time on a walk out to Boora Point on Malabar Headland. I deliberately walked slowly out to Magic Point and then to Boora Point. This allowed me to look for whales and birds.
On the way out, I dint see too much. There were the usual New Holland Honeyeaters and Wattlebirds.
Also a lot of sea birds – Silver Gulls, Terns and Gannets. A lot of them were a long way out to sea.
Its a nice walk out past Magic Point to Boora Point – the furtherest point out on the Malabar Headland.
At Boora Point, I stopped for lunch in a place that gave me a good outlook to see whales. I could see some whale watching boats a long way out and was hoping any whales causing up the coast would not be that far out. I then could not help noticing a squadron of military planes flying along the coast –
Then I spotted some whales quite close. It was a large whale and baby. No breaching or tail slapping, but at least they were close.
As I started to walk back. I paused at a ledge just off the track where I had seen a photographer earlier. I had wondered what he had seen. Another walker, with binoculars was passing and told me he had just seen a Peregrine Falcon fly over. Perhaps it was still nearby? It was. I soon spotted flying around, and lucky for me, it came in to land on a ledge not too far down. I was fortunate to have my camera ready and got some reasonable shots.
The Peregrine Falcon stayed in that one spot for a fair while. I had my camera ready in case it flew off. Some more whales passed and I turned my camera to them. The falcon was still there. I eventually moved off to photograph some honeyeaters. When I returned the Falcon had flown to a different spot, further away – and seems to have a kill – it looked like a bird.
I then went back to the gate more photos of some New Holland Honeyeaters. I got a sequence of one trying to catch and insect.
This was a great trip, and I was fortunate to see some excellent spectacles of nature. Its a pity the track is closed so often because of shooters at the nearby rifle range.