Sue joined me for a very pleasant day spent visiting BIrdwood Gully at Springwood. We were looking for fungi after recent rain. But the rain had not been that much, so would a fair bit of fungi be out?
We did find a reasonable amount of fungi , but not as much as we had been hoping for.
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I joined Sue and Valerie for a wonderful day wandering around parts of Oatley Park and Lime Kiln Bay Reserve. We spotted a lot of nice birds and orchids.
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After the Greenway Bird Survey, I caught a tram to Central and then a train to Martin Place where I met Sue, and we then headed to the Royal Botanic Gardens. Our main aim was to see if we could spot any of the resident Powerful Owls. Despite a lot of looking we had no luck.
We then headed down to the pond with the island that cormorants like to nest in. There were still plenty around. All Little Black Cormorants. Continue reading
It was the time for local bird surveys. Tempe on the previous Saturday, Cooks River yesterday, and now the Hawthorne Canal section of The Greenway. The group met at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station at 7:30 am. It was relatively quiet there.
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I attended the Mudlarks Bird Survey along the Cooks River. This month , the survey was the upstream loop, from the Land Street Footbridge to the Boat Harbour then across the River to Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands and then back down to Ewen Park for morning tea. After this I walked down the Cooks River to Gough Whitlam Park, and back to Illawarra Road for some more bird photography.
First. the birds on the Mudlarks Survey. Here are some of them. Continue reading
It was time for another visit to Malabar Headland, with hopefully the chance to observe the resident pair of Peregrine Falcons again. I headed out with Sue and Valerie, and we later met up with Alana.
As it turned out, we did see both Peregrine Falcons, but only had fleeting views of them. Continue reading
I had another attempt at photographing the Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) as it passed through Orion. I used the same setup I had used a few days before, but results were not very good – due to bushfire smoke as well as light pollution.
In the photo above, the comet is in the lower left (green colour), with no tail visible. The Nebula in Orion is on the top right. Continue reading
I visited Wolli Creek Regional Park in the afternoon, and found very little fungi out. I walked from Girrahween Park to Turrella Reserve.
The only fungi I photographed, were the same green waxcaps I had seen a week earlier. They are in a moist place under a cliff. Continue reading
I joined the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey, and then later walked along the Cooks River to Illawarra Road.
I was in the group surveying Tempe Reserve. Continue reading
I had a very pleasant day spent in the Cooks River area with Valerie and Sue. After meeting at Valerie’s house, we walked to a nearby cafe and after coffee and cake we walked down to the Cooks River. We then headed downstream to Gough Whitlam Park, and later headed back upstream and walked all the way up to Canterbury Road. Along the way we saw a good variety of birds.
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