Day 19 of lockdown. My exercise break was an afternoon bike ride along the Cooks River to Barton Park and back.
I took a camera with me and was on the lookout for birds. I didn’t stop for any photography until I got to Landing Lights Wetland at Barton Park. The tide was quite high along the Cooks River.
Here are some birds I saw at Landing Lights Wetland.
White-faced Heron
Golden Whistlers
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Superb Fairy-wren
Grey Fantail
Yellow Thornbill
Red-browed Finch
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Pied Stilts
Golden-headed Cisticola
You see this one flying up to grab an insect.
White-plumed Honeyeater
Not a good photo, but the first I have seen at this location.
I then headed up to the higher area of Barton Park.
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
White-browed Scrubwren
Golden-headed Cisticola
It was starting to look a bit stormy, so thought it time to ride back home.
Before heading home, I bumped into Daniele, another bird photographer, who was also exercising at the park. We compared notes to what birds we had seen.
On the ride home, I stopped at Tempe Station carpark to watch a Little Egret hunting in the creek –
Just past Gough Whitlam Park, it started raining quite heavily, so I didn’t see too many more birds after that.
It had been a nice ride, and the birds I had seen were somewhat different to those I had seen on previous visits.