On Christmas Eve, I travelled up to Hazelbrook to stay at my sister and brother in law’s place. Then on Christmas Day, we headed to Ellalong in the Hunter Valley to join a family get together.
I had my camera with me. At Hazelbrook, the rain cleared for long enough for me to visit the local waterfall circuit walk, and also snap some birds around the house.
A pair of King Parrots were close to the house –
Then I set off for the waterfalls – walk-in down the track from Oaklands Road. A shot way along I spotted some Large Tongue Orchids – Cryptostylis subulata –
Fairy Falls
Bonnet Orchid – Cryptostylis erecta –
Horseshoe Falls
Bonnet Orchid – Cryptostylis erecta –
Oakland Falls
Black-faced Monarch
Burgess Falls
Crimson Rosella
Wonga Pigeon
Back at the house, early on Christmas Day, some visiting birds –
Eastern Spinebill – this one is a juvenile.
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Crimson Rosellas
King Parrot
Galah
Common Blackbird
Grey Butcherbird
Eastern Spinebill
Common Blackbird
And at Ellalong, a few more birds –
Pacific Black Duck
Australian Wood Ducks
Australian Swamphen
And an insect, perhaps a Robberfly.
