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Cooks River Walk and visit to Sydney Park – 14 January 2023

Sue had got in touch, she was heading out for a walk down the Cooks River. Would Valerie and myself like to join her? We did, and we all met up near Marrickville Golf Course. We first visited The Dibble … Continue reading

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Mudlarks – Cooks River Bird Survey – 13 December 2022

It was time for the monthly bird survey along the Cooks River with the Mudlarks. As usual, the group met at the Lang St Bridge at 7am, and this month the survey was going to be downstream. Here are some … Continue reading

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Birds at Tempe and the Cooks River – 10 December 2022

I got up early in the morning and headed to Tempe to join the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey. As the group was assembling at Tempe Wetlands, I had a look in the first pond, and spotted a … Continue reading

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Local Birds – Morton Park and The Cooks River – 22 November 2022

It was still very windy weather – so I didn’t want to venture too far, but I did want to spend some time outside. So I visited two local sites – first a short walk to Morton Park on Canterbury … Continue reading

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Birds along the Cooks River and a Visit to Barton Park – 19 November 2022

This was an afternoon walk, from my place, and then along the Cooks River, mainly busting the local Tawny Frogmouth nests, then continuing on to Barton Park – where I inspected the latest habitat destruction caused by the new development … Continue reading

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Birds at Tempe and the Cooks River – 12 November 2022

I started the day by taking part in the bird survey with the Tempe Birdos at the Tempe Wetlands. Here are some of the birds we saw in the survey –

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Mudlarks – Cooks River Bird Survey – 8 November 2022

This was a very busy day. I later intended to make another visit to Malabar Headland, but first I got up early and walked down to the Cooks River, to join the Mudlarks at 7 am, at he Lang Street … Continue reading

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Local Tawny Frogmouths – 5 November 2022

On this day, I visited, mainly on a bike ride, some of the local Tawny Frogmouth nests in order to check on their progress. Morton Park

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Local Bird Photography – Sydney Park, Barton Park and the Cooks River – 30 October 2022

I spent the day visiting some local birding sites. I started by catching train to St Peters and visiting Sydney Park for an hour or so, then a bus to Barton Park for a few hours, then a bus to … Continue reading

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Wolli Creek and Cooks River Walk – 22 October 2022

Valerie had been on the earlier Greenway Bird Survey, and during morning tea, we talked about an afternoon walk down Wolli Ck. So we met on the bus to Bexley North and started down the Two Valleys Track. We had … Continue reading

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