A windy day was forecast, so I thought that if I wanted to go outdoors, then somewhere sheltered could be good, so I chose another visit to the Warriewood Wetlands. My visit was very similar to my previous one visiting the Warriewood Wetlands, Irrawong Reserve, and sport fields near Narrabeen Lagoon.
Scarlet Honeyeater
The Wetlands were relatively quiet except for the Bell Miners.
There were also lots of Rainbow Lorikeets flying around.
Irrawong Reserve was more interesting. And I also met a few other bird photographers there – Daryl and Thar. At one point a raptor flew past overhead, but was too fast for me to photograph. I did see and hear a Lyrebird near the waterfall. It was going through its repertoire of calls and was a delight to experience. Unfortunately it stayed in a particularly dark and somewhat bushy part of the forest.
There were a lot of smaller birds –
White-browed Scrubwren
Silvereye
Lewins Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Eastern Yellow Robin
Spotted Pardalote
Grey Fantail
Australasian Figbird
Golden Whistler
After lunch, I made my way down the parks along Mullet Creek to Pittwater Road and crossed over to the parks on the side of Narrabeen Lagoon. It was now very windy. I looked around for the Nankeen Kestrel I had seen on my previous trip, but it was not there. So I continued to the sporting field I had seen the Osprey nest.
An Osprey was just flying in to land on the nest. But I also spotted a Nankeen Kestrel – and it was on a fence mush lower down, so I walked towards it to get some photos. The Kestrel was holding on tight battling the strong wind. It also had to put up with many of the other birds swooping down to try and drive it away.
The bird did take off at one time and fly down and grab something from the ground. it then flew back to the same perch.
It then had to endure more attempts to drive it away –
I also watched the Osprey. There only seemed to be one bird there today.
It was also interesting to watch the Kestrel. At one point, the kestrel was blown off its perch.
The the Osprey flew off. It returned with a stick which it added to the nest.
It then flew off again, this time returning with a large fish. It tried to eat the fish on a lower section of the light, but had trouble with the wind, almost getting blown off a few times.
I went back to watch the Kestrel, and by the time I looked at the Osprey, it was no longer there. Perhaps it had taken the fish to a more sheltered spot? The Kestrel was still stoically enduring some Noisy Miners –
