I wanted to find out how the fungi was going at Birdwood Gully at Springwood. Recently I have found the fungi very poor in Sydney and I was wondering how the moister gullies of the Blue Mountains were going.
It turned out to be a fairly quiet short trip.
On the walk down, I found plenty of Greenhood Orchids. Continue reading
Bob and myself decided to do a walk out to Ahearn Lookout in Nattai National Park. Neither of us had been to the lookout before, and it has been on my “to do” list for a fair while.
So we headed down to Hilltop, and were soon on Wattle Ridge Road to the parking area. we then set off along the fire road, and took the turn off to Starlights Trail, and then turned off that and took the track out along a ridge that goes to Ahearns Lookout.
Not many of these roads and tracks is marked on the current topographic maps, but they are marked on Open Street Maps. Continue reading
Gary had invited a group of us to join him to see the Thin Ice VR at the Australian Museum. In the group was Gary, Sue, Valerie, Suzanne and myself. We had all booked in to the 10:45 am session. We met for coffee in the museum cafe and then headed to the entrance of the exhibition.
Before entering the VR part, we entered a room with some interesting things to see. Here are the outfits they used – Continue reading
I joined the Tempe Birdos for their monthly survey. This month I was in the group surveying the wetlands.
At the Wetlands, it was a relatively quiet morning. In particular we did not see a lot of the little birds we often find there. Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading
Bob and myself decided to do a walk around the Porters Pass – Colliers Causeway circuit at Blackheath. We had a cool day and it was mainly overcast. After the walk, we finished fairly early so we visited two historic Blue Mountains horse troughs.
Bob parked near the end of Burton Street, and we then walked down the track to Porters Pass. on the way, we visited Lamberts Lookout. Here we saw this Swamp Wallaby – Continue reading
Sue and myself decided to visit Malabar Headland to see how the Peregrine Falcons were going, and also to look for whales.
We met at Maroubra Beach at 9:30 and then slowly walked out into the National Park. Early on we spotted a hovering raptor. It was a Black-shouldered Kite. Continue reading
I made a short afternoon trip to see how the fungi was going at Wolli Creek Regional Park. I only checked a few areas, and was disappointed to see not very much interesting fungi out.
Gloioxanthomyces chromolimoneus
Gliophorus graminicolor Continue reading
I joined in on the monthly survey of birds along the Hawthorne Canal section of The Greenway.
As usual we started at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station. Continue reading
After the Mudlarks Bird Survey, I headed home and swapped cameras and lenses and headed to the Lane Cove River to check on the status of the Parrot Waxcaps again. After that, if there was time. I planned to pop into Ferndale Park.
I only found one of the Gliophorus psittacinus group waxcaps that was relatively large and in good condition this visit.
Nearby was this small one – Continue reading
I was up early, and walked down to the Cooks River to join the Mudlarks for their monthly bird survey. This month, the survey was the upstream loop, starting from the Lang Street Bridge.
Before setting out, we saw a Striated Heron fly in and land just upstream of the bridge. Continue reading
