Another day looking for Peregrine Falcons and whales. This time I was joined by Valerie and Sue.
We saw plenty of whale activity, but only a brief glimpse of a single Peregrine Falcon. But the weather was great, and Malabar Headland is a very pleasant place to visit. Continue reading
After the fungal survey at Wolli Creek Regional Park, I walked home in the afternoon, via the Two Valleys Track – down the Wolli Creek and then up the Cooks River to as far as Illawarra Road.
On the final survey, I had seen and heard quite a few birds, but by afternoon they all seemed quiet. Here is a Grey-headed Flying Fox –
The remaining photos are birds I saw along the Cooks River. I spotted a Sacred Kingfisher near Tempe – but it was flying and too far away for a photo. Continue reading
I joined the Sydney Fungal Studies Group for their field study at Wolli Ck Regional Park. The group, and visitors, met at Girrahween Park, and then set off along the track downstream on the lookout for fungi.
Humidicutis viridimagentea
Conditions had been very dry, and I was not expecting a lot of fungi to be out, but with a large number of observers, we found a reasonable amount. Although a lot of what we found was dried out and in a poor condition.
Here is some that we found – Continue reading
I visited two venues during the day – Barton Park in the morning and then Hawthorne Canal in the late afternoon. At both places I was on the lookout for birds.
First – Barton Park. I spent all the time at Landing Lights Wetland. Continue reading
Bob and myself finally completed a walk we had intended to do more or less in 2020. Back then, we had set out, but failed at the first pass, so we had to greatly modify our walk. The pass we had failed on was the descent to Glenbrook Creek from the end of the Greens Road Firetrail at Valley Heights. On a later trip, again in 2020, using a much easier crossing of Glenbrook Creek we did reach the second objective of the earlier bushwalk – visiting a nice section of Kanuka Brook. But we still wanted to revisit Greens Road and its firetrail and discover the pass down to Glenbrook Creek.
On our first walk, Matt Stevens had commented that there was a pass and had mentioned where to look. And indeed – a route seems to be marked on Open Street Maps, at least going part way down. Continue reading
After the Mudlarks Bird Survey, I set off walking down the Cooks River looking for more birds. I then went to Barton Park and stayed there for an hour or two.
Here are some of the birds I saw – Continue reading
It was a cool morning with mist sitting in the valley. Beautiful ethereal conditions for the Mudlarks to meet and survey the birds along the Cooks River.
This month, the group were surveying on the downstream loop. Continue reading
Another fabulous day out on Malabar Headland. The last trip had been cut short due to approaching rain, and Valerie hadn’t been able to join us on that occasion, so another visit was arranged for the Monday of the King’s Birthday Long Weekend. Valerie, Sue and myself walked out, and we later met up with Michael.
The weather forecast was for a fine but cool day.
On the walk out, we saw this New Holland Honeyeater on the fence at the pollution pond. Continue reading
This was another pleasant and interesting day wandering through the rainforest in Birdwood Gully at Springwood. I was joined by Sue.
A lot of the fungi we spotted was a bit dry. It would have been much better to visit a week or so earlier. We were also on the lookout for orchids. Continue reading
I went for an afternoon excursion to part of Wolli Creek Regional Park to photograph birds and fungi.
I started at Girrahween Park and walked to the climbing area and back. Here are some of what I saw – Continue reading
