Birds at Barton Park and Sydney Park – 19 April 2023

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Dave Noble

I visited Barton Park for an hour or two in the morning and later visited Sydney Park in the afternoon. Both were fairly quiet on my visits.

Barton Park

Here are some of the birds – Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully Fungi Walk – 18 April 2023

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Dave Noble

This was a very pleasant day out – an outing with Valerie and Sue around the full circuit of Sassafras Gully.

After catching a trian to Springwood and then a coffee stop, we entered the gully via the track down to Fairy Dell and followed it along Magdala Creek to Glenbrook Creek, then walked upstream to The Lagoon and out via the track to Sassafras Gully Road. This was an fair walk with quite a few stops to look for fungi and other things. Continue reading →

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Birds at Long Reef – 17 April 2023

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Dave Noble

I had reasonable day at Long Reef photographing the birds – both resident and migratory.

When I arrived, the tide was low, so I walked out onto the rock platform to look for the migratory birds. Here is one of a pair of Double-banded Plovers – Continue reading →

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Fungi at Birdwood Gully – 16 April 2023

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Dave Noble

I decided to travel up to Springwood for a look down Birdwood Gully to see what fungi was out. It turned out to be reasonable.

I had to look carefully though for what I found, and some species I was hoping to find where not out.

Early on, I spotted this developing bolete – Phlebopus marginatus – Continue reading →

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Fungi at Ferndale Park – 15 Apr 2023

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Dave Noble

This was a quick trip to Ferndale Park at Chatswood to see what fungi was out.

I was on my way to a party at Chatswood, and I didn’t allow enough time to make my visit worthwhile. It was largely too dark and gloomy to spot much fungi. Continue reading →

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Hawthorne Canal Birds – 15 April 2023

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Dave Noble

After seeing some interesting birds along the Hawthorne Canal on the bird survey three day earlier, I thought a morning trip could be worthwhile.

This time I caught the light rail to Marion St and started along the Greenway from there towards Hawthorne station. It turned out to be fairly quiet.

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Birds at Sydney Park – 14 April 2023

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Dave Noble

I was able to spend a few hours at Sydney Park in the afternoon. During my visit, it did rain for about 15 minutes and I had to shelter under a marquee at the farm section.

I wandered around the ponds seeing what birds were out. No sign of the Dollarbird – it seems to have headed north to warmer parts. I thought I heard the odd call of a Rail but none emerged from the vegetation. And no sign of any Tawny Frogmouths. So I had to concentrate on the waterbirds. Continue reading →

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Birds at Mason Park Wetlands – 13 April 2023

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Dave Noble

A wet day was forecast, especially in the morning, but it was starting to look better in the middle of the day, so I sent messages to Valerie and Sue to see if they would like to join me at Mason Park at Homebush.

Valerie drove us out there, and we were soon on the boardwalk with our binoculars. Neither Valerie and Sue had been to this wetland before and they were impressed with the views you can get of the birds. Here are some that we observed – Continue reading →

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Greenway Bird Survey – 12 April 2023

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Dave Noble

It was time for the Bird Survey along the Greenway between Taverners Hill and Hawthorne Light Rail Stations.

The group met at Taverners Hill and things started off fairly quiet. We often record a lot of small birds from the elevated level of the station – but this morning, for some reason, we saw very few birds there. Continue reading →

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Cape Solander to Cape Baily Walk – 11 April 2023

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Dave Noble

My friend Valerie had been on the Mudlarks Cooks River Bird Survey earlier in the morning, and after it finished, we both headed down to Kurnell for a walk in Kamay Botany Bay National Park. Big seas were forecast and that seemed a good reason to head to the coast.

We had a glorious walk. The sea was wicked! Huge waves crashed against the cliffs. We had to walk into a headwind but that was small price to pay to see such wave power. Continue reading →

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