Sydney Park, at St Peters, is relatively close to where I live, and its a great place to observe and photograph birds. It is one place that I have neglected a bit however. I had been looking at some recent bird sightings, and it looked like the following relatively rare birds had been seen – Little Bittern, Bailon’s Crake and Latham’s Snipe. Of these, I have only photographed the Snipe, so it would be good to visit the park and see what was around.
Welcome Swallow
I spent most of the morning at the Park. As it turned out, I did not see any of these target species. But there quite a few other nice birds. Here are some –
Eurasian Coot with chick
Pacific Black Duck
Hardhead
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Stilt
Australian Reed-Warbler
Welcome Swallow
White-faced Heron
It had been a pleasant morning, and its a place I will revisit. Just before I left, I bumped into Gokay – a local bird photographer. I had seen his photos of the Little Bittern online, and he gave me some good tips of likely places to look out for it.
