The weather was again forecast to be poor, so I decided a local walk could be the best plan. I caught a bus to earl wood and then walked down to Wolli Creek Regional Park. I first walked upstream along the Two Valleys Track towards Bexley North, but didn’t go all the way – stopping at Illoura – the grassy clearing. Then I walked back downstream, all the way to Tempe.
I was mainly on the lookout for fungi, but also stopped to photograph birds that I saw. The best encounter with birds was at Illoura. There I noticed a hovering Black-shouldered Kite. It soon flew to perch on an overhead cable near the railway tracks. On my previous trip, I had seen two Brown Goshawks at this spot.
I got a few photos, but all of a sudden it took off – before I was ready. Then I could see why. Another raptor, a Brown Goshawk had appeared.
The Kite seemed to vanish, and the Goshawk settled on the cable. But not for long. The Kite was diving from up high. This time the Goshawk decided to beat a retreat.
The Kite flew around for a bit, then flew away. The Goshawk reappeared for a while.
This had been an interesting encounter to observe.
Back to the fungi. Here is some that I saw on this upstream section –
I stopped at Girrahween Park for a break. The continued down towards Turrella. There was not that much fungi out that I saw. I stopped near the old swimming pool to photograph some coral fungi I had spotted on my previous trip –
There were some birds around. A Currawong –
And an Eastern Spinebill –
I dint see too much between Turrella and Tempe. Here is a Gilled Bolete –
And another observation. All the way along the track had been a lot of millipedes. Here are some mating –
