With the Tawny Frogmouth chicks being the main attraction, I had invited some friends down to the river.
I had started early, at Tempe Wetlands and spent about 2 hours there, mainly photographing some honeyeaters and swallows.
Then I headed up the river on my bike along the cycleway and met up at the Old Sugarmill with Martin, Steffy, Chuin Nee, John, Jasper, Su Li, Brent and two of Brent’s friends.
I had heard that a storm, the afternoon before, had blown one of the Tawny Frogmouth chicks at Ewan Park off its perch, and onto the ground. A passing cyclist had placed the chick back in a tree, and then later a local, had come down with a ladder and put the chick even higher up. Was the chick OK? Yes – it seemed to be doing fine. This set of chicks were on separate branches – and each one sitting next to one of the parents.
The chicks at the Boat Harbour also seemed to be doing fine. They seem a little larger than the other set.
After a very nice morning, we then headed off to Dear Delicious Cafe, near Dulwich Hill Station for lunch.
Jasper likes watching the pelicans
More photos from the morning are on my website on page 7 and page 8 of my Cooks River Bird Gallery.
Nice pics but you have some IDs wrong:
The “juvenile White-faced Heron” is a Striated Heron.
The “House sparrow” is a White-browed Scrubwren.
One of the people who helped put the frogmouth back was a friend who was there because I’d mentioned seeing the frogmouths in your blog.
I couldn’t find either pair of frogmouths yesterday but there were some less common species for inner sydney there: Olive-backed Oriole, White-plumed Honeyeater, Fairy Martin
Thanks again Andrew. I have sent you an email regarding the frogmouths.