More local birds. The weather has a been quite wet in Sydney recently, so I have been taking advantages of breaks in the weather and then heading outside to some areas close to home.
I caught a bus to Earlwood and was soon walking down the path to Girrahween Park. Early on, I spotted an Eastern Rosella.
It was one of a pair, and it inspected a hollow –
I had a good look for the Tawny Frogmouth family that I had seen on recent visits. I had no luck spotting them, and I assume they have moved off a bit – perhaps a few hundred metres away.
I then started walking upstream, along the Two Valleys Track.
Laughing Kookaburra
Willie Wagtail
At the Bray St Wetlands, I saw a large party from the Wolli Ck Preservation Society undertaking some bush regeneration. One of them was Deb, and we chatted. She told me to look out for Water Dragons at Paperbark Creek. I mentioned to her that a friend, Roger, had recently seen a young fox near Paperbark Creek. Deb said that she had recently found the Fox’s earth, and where to look for it.
Laughing Kookaburra
White-browed Scrubwren
This was at Paperbark Creek.
Eastern Water Dragon
Here is the fox’s earth (den) –
Turpentines
I noticed that a nearby bird nesting box was being used by bees as a nest –
Back at Paperbark Creek, I spotted a single Red-browed Finch –
Eastern Water Dragon
The Water Dragon was still in there same place.
Superb Fairy-wrens
Superb Fairy-wrens were near the creek, and a large flock of Variegated Fairy-wrens were in the thickets in the grassy area near Bray St.
Variegated Fairy-wrens
Laughing Kookaburra
It now looked like it was about to rain, so I headed to the nearest bus stop and headed home. It had been a short but worthwhile excursion.