I joined the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey. As usual, after meeting up, the group splits into two, with one group surveying at Tempe Wetlands and the other Tempe Reserve. This time. I joined the group at The Reserve.
But before heading over to the Reserve, while we were gathering, we spotted a Sacred Kingfisher at the lower pond of the Wetlands. And a few more of the birds in that lower pond – Continue reading
I spent a pleasant morning at Sydney Park looking at the birds. This visit I was by myself. I was hoping to get some better photos of the Dollarbird (if it was still around) – particularly flight shots.
The Dollarbird was still at the park, and still perched in one of the trees on the island. Here it is calling – Continue reading
I had visited Callan Park a few times during the lockdown (see here and here), and had noticed some interesting old engravings in some of the rock outcrops near the bay. Bob was keen to visit the park, and he had found an journal article describing the engravings. So Bob and myself meet up at Callan Park and spent an interesting few hours wandering around the large park.
We walked in from Balmain Road, and that took us past some of the old buildings that were once part of the Callan Park Lunatic Asylum. Continue reading
I joined Valerie and Sue for an enjoyable few hours wandering around Sydney Park looking for birds.
Here are some that we spotted – Continue reading
A very hot day was forecast, and so Sue suggested a walk from The Grumpy Baker at Vaucluse to Watsons Bay and a stop off at Camp Cove for a swim.
Well – the walk was quite short, but suitable in the heat. And we spent an hour or two at Camp Cove – swimming and relaxing in the shade, before catching a ferry back to the city. Continue reading
The previous Sunday I had visited Birdwood Gully at Springwood, and I decided on a followup trip. Again I was concentrating on fungi and birds.
First, some of the fungi I found. Continue reading
I was pleased to be able to take part in the field study at Bola Creek in Royal National Park with the Sydney Fungal Studies Group Inc. As well as members and visitors, we were joined on this field study by some of the volunteer bush regenerators from the Friends of Royal National Park.
We found a reasonable amount of interesting fungi out. Here is a selection of what we found. Continue reading
I joined in on the National Parks Association Walk at Sydney Olympic Park, led by Brian Everingham.
While we were at the park, we observed good range of birds. Here are some. These were all seen at or near the Waterbird Refuge. Continue reading
I spent a few hours at Sydney Park at St Peters, wandering around with my camera.
Here are some of the birds I saw – Continue reading
Valerie and Sue were keen to see if any fungi was out at Bola Creek in Royal National Park. They invited me to join them.
There had been some quite good rain during the month, but it had been a while since the last good fall, and since then the weather had been quite hot, so we didn’t know what to expect. We did find some reasonable fungi, but not a huge amount was out. Continue reading
