It had been a while since I visited Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I had been wanting to go there for a while, but I was not keen to who during railway track work, and it was also closed for a while due to flooding.
This visit proved to be fairly quiet in terms of the birds I photographed. I was after Sacred and Azure Kingfishers – but saw neither. And no Blue-faced Honeyeaters or other interesting birds.
Here are some that I did see –
White-faced Heron
Little Pied Cormorant
Australasian Darter
Australian Wood Ducks
Eastern Rosella
I walked slowly along the perimeter fire trail twice, but this yielded few opportunities for bird photography. I could hear some birds – but they seemed to want to stay in the thickets.
Brown Thornbill
This Yellow-faced Honeyeater, part of a migratory flock, stopped off to eat an insect.
Great Egret
This Turtle is an invasive species –
Laughing Kookaburra and Noisy Miner –
Brush Turkey
Great Egret
On the second walk around the perimeter fire trail, I could hear a group of Noisy Miners going crazy. Was there a raptor around?
I spotted the cause of the Noisy Miner’s discomfort – a Brown Goshawk –
As I was leaving the Reserve, I bumped into Natasha, another bird photographer. Thanks to her for pointing out this Helmeted Guinea-fowl. It is probably an escaped bird, and one I have seen before at Nurragingy.
