In the afternoon, I spent a few hours at Barton Park and stayed at Landing Lights Wetland the whole time. There were some good birds to observe. At the wetlands, the water level has been dropping recently, and these make good conditions for Dotterels to turn up and forage on the exposed mudflats. I spotted two Black-fronted Dotterels during my visit. I also had a very good encounter with one of the Australian Spotted Crakes.
Here are some of the birds I was able to photograph – Continue reading
I went on a morning trip to Wolli Creek to check the status of the fungi. I first looked on the upstream part of the track – west of Hartill Law Street, without finding very much out. So I then went to Girrahween Park and walked downstream towards the rock climbing area where we had seen good fungi recently.
This area proved to be astonishingly good considering that it has been quite dry recently. Here is some of the fungi I saw – Continue reading
I decided to visit Long Reef – with the aim of photographing Ospreys, and also to keep a lookout for Whales and Dolphins. I had pretty good day.
After walking out to the lookout, I soon spotted a pod of Dolphins enjoying the waves – Continue reading
This was another pleasant walk with the National Parks Association of NSW, and led by Brian Everingham. The plan was to walk out along Wises Track and keep a lookout for Orchids and Birds.
In the party was Brian, Sue, Phyllis, Deb, Suzanne and myself. We all met up at the carpark near the park headquarters above the hill at Audley. While we were gathering, I photographed some of the many birds – Continue reading
Was this going to be the beginning of the 2023 Peregrine Falcon season on the headland? I was heading out to the headland with Sue. It is always a nice place to spend some time, and even if the Peregrines were not around, then at least we could look for whales.
As we walked out, near Magic Point, we spotted a pod of Dolphins – Continue reading
After the Greenway Bird Survey, I was going to visit Valerie, and was accompanied by Simin. After a cuppa, Valerie joined me for a stroll down the Cooks River to Gough Whitlam Park. We were on the lookout for Kingfishers, but had no luck. At Gough Whitlam Park, I continued on by myself to Barton Park and spent a few hours there.
Here are some of the birds we saw along the Cooks River and some I saw at Barton Park. Continue reading
I joined the local birders for the early morning survey along the Greenway – the loop near Waratah Mills Station.
Here are some of the birds we saw –
Rainbow Lorikeets Continue reading
Bob was back from an overseas holiday, and we were starting off our weekly bushwalks again. We were both keen to look for some Aboriginal engraving sites in Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park.
With some effort, we found three very good sites.
As usual, we started by walking along a fire road for a few kilometres. Continue reading
This was another afternoon trip to Barton Park, where I spent most of my time at Landing Lights Wetland. On recent visits to the park, I had failed to spot the currently resident Scarlet Robin. This time I finally had success. The bird flew up and perched near me.
I was also on the lookout for The Australian Spotted Crake. This visit, I heard it call, but did not see it. There were also some Brown Quails present (but not photographed).
Anyway, here are my photos – Continue reading
While I was at Hazelbrook seeing my sisters, we all went on short walk down a local gully – the North Waterfall Walk – the track that goes down to Horseshoe, Oakland and Burgess Falls. This is a pleasant walk with good fungi habitat.
On the way down, we spotted a fair number of Cobra Greenhood Orchids out. Pterostylis grandiflora – Continue reading
