Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 2 November 2020

It had been a while since I had visited Nurragingy Reserve. I had intended a few times recently to make visits but had put the trips off due to unsuitable weather and other factors such as the tide being right for an alternate place. This trip started off fairly quiet – but during the day I managed to spot a lot of nice birds.

So here are some of then birds I spotted and photographed –

First at the ponds – A Dusky Moorhen with chicks –

And this ball of fluff is a Eurasian Coot chick –

An Australasian Grebe chick and its parent –

An Australian Wood Duck chick –

Here is a Great Egret with breeding plumage –

Now to the forest, a Little Wattlebird –

A Rufous Whistler –

Some Eastern Yellow Robins –

This Spotted Pardalote was much harder to photograph. This was the best I could do –

The only Honeyeater – was the Yellow-faced Honeyeater –

Here is a White-browed Scrubwren –

And some Superb fairy-wrens –

Now to the Kingfishers – first a Laughing Kookaburra –

And I saw many times these pair of Sacred Kingfishers –

I think they may be nesting in a hollow they have used before as they flew over in that direction a few times.

And I saw one Azure Kingfisher –

Now to a few parrots, first a Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo –

And an Eastern Rosella –

At one time, I heard a commotion. I looked up and saw this Pacific Baza being harassed by Noisy Miners.

It was flying off with something in its beak. Perhaps taking food to a nest?

And lastly a few non birds –

The Waterdragon had taken the same spot on the log that I had seen the Turtle earlier.