I spent another nice day out at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. Like previous visits, I was hoping to see more of the Kingfishers – the Azure and Sacred, but as it turned out, I didn’t see any of the Azure Kingfishers. I only saw a single Sacred Kingfisher just before I left the Reserve in the early afternoon. But there were a lot of other nice birds to see – as well as some reptiles (some in the beaks of birds).
Here are some of the birds I saw –
White-winged Choughs
These birds look like Ravens unless you look at them carefully. The white is under their wings and hard to see unless they are flying. Their eyes however are red.
On my past visits I had seen this nest with a parent sitting on it. It is good to see there is now one chick hatched. The parent then sat back on the nest – so perhaps more eggs to hatch? I first spotted the nest on my visit on 7 January.
Australian Raven and Noisy Miner
Notice the eye colour.
Yellow-faced Honeyeaters
Scarlet Honeyeaters
The last one is a female or juvenile.
Mistletoebird
Thanks to bird expert Jenny Styles for pointing out to me what this was. I am familiar with the males. These are females or juveniles.
Red-browed Finch
Brown Thornbills
Again, thanks to Jenny for pointing out that they were Brown Thonbills (rather than Striated Thornbills)
Laughing Kookaburra
This one has caught a nice lizard.
Grey Butcherbird
This juvenile also has a lizard, but does not seem to know what to do with it.
Sacred Kingfisher
I only spotted one Kingfisher during my visit. And it only appeared just before I was leaving.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
White-faced Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
And for some more reptiles. First an Eastern Water Dragon –
And on the perimeter fire road, near the creek, I saw this nice Red-bellied Black Snake –
