Lane Cove River Nature Walk – 1 December 2019

It had been a while since I had visited the Lane Cove River and its tributaries. My friend Bob, who lives at Cheltenham had recently spotted the two juvenile Powerful Owls, so they would be certainly worth looking for. His neighbour, Steve, who keeps track of the Powerful Owls in that area had spotted 8 of them recently.

So the plan was to catch a train to Cheltenham, then walk down the track down Devlins Creek, then along the Land Cove River to Browns Waterhole and then to Eastwood Via Terrys Creek. It turned out to be an excellent day with lots of birds and orchids observed.

Devlins Creek

I spotted only one Powerful Owl – one of the juveniles. It was on the ground when I walked up a section of Byles Creek, and then flew up the creek a bit and perched in a tree.

I looked around for others, but could not spot any. So I continued on down the creek.

Lower down I spotted a White-throated Treecreeper –

And an Eastern Yellow Robin –

Lane Cove River

I spotted a few Scarlet Honeyeaters –

And another Eastern Yellow Robin –

A Lewin’s Honeyeater –

And a Brown Thornbill –

At Browns Waterhole I could hear a Sacred Kingfisher calling. I soon spotted the bird –

Terrys Creek

I stopped for lunch at the picnic table at the start of the track up the creek. On the way up Terrys Creek I found quite a few birds and also a number of orchids.