I was able to spend a few hours at Sydney Park in the afternoon. During my visit, it did rain for about 15 minutes and I had to shelter under a marquee at the farm section.
I wandered around the ponds seeing what birds were out. No sign of the Dollarbird – it seems to have headed north to warmer parts. I thought I heard the odd call of a Rail but none emerged from the vegetation. And no sign of any Tawny Frogmouths. So I had to concentrate on the waterbirds.
Hardhead
I saw this one male and two females.
Little Pied Cormorant
An Australasian Darter flew in an landed on the island..
Australasian Grebes
White-faced Heron
Australasian Grebe
The Australasian Darter had come down to the big pond to hunt for fish. During 15 minutes it caught three fish –
Fish #1
Fish #2
Fish #3
