This was another very rewarding trip out to Malabar Headland National Park. On this visit I was accompanied by Digi Dave.
As we started off along the track, we could see a lot of birds gathering out to sea. They seemed a mixture of gulls and shearwaters. Probably after baitfish.
We walked out to Magic Point and we didn’t have to wait long before a pod of whales passed close to the point. There was some nice breeching going on –
I have come to the conclusion that Malabar Headland is probably the best place to observe whales from the shore in the greater Sydney region.
After this spectacle, we continued along the track.
At one point we noticed a wasp dragging a beetle along the ground. I have seen this activity before – and we watched to see if the wasp would drag the beetle down a hole. It did. It then would lay its eggs in the beetle, which would provide a nice fresh food source for the wasp larvae.
Further along, we looked for the Peregrine Falcons. We spotted the chick – it was perched on a ledge below. It almost looks ready to fly. We could not see either of its parents around.
We continued on past Boora Point. A passer by had told us about a seal he had spotted and we looked for it. I think he had seen it resting on a rock shelf. We saw it, not on the rock, but sleeping in the bay close to the shore.
We waited quietly close by and watched it. It did wake up and take a few yawns.
We next headed up over a rocky outcrop.
And then slowly walked back the way we had come towards Maroubra. We did see one of the Peregrine Falcon parents – but it was resting on a perch.
