After going the NPA for a morning trip at Tempe, caught a bus to Barton Park and spent the afternoon wandering around looking at the birdlife.
There were many nice birds around, but my particular focus was the juvenile Black-shouldered Kite. It was out and active, learning how to hunt. As soon as I arrived at the Landing Lights Wetland, I spotted the Kite perched on a light pole up in the sporting field. I made my way up. Continue reading
I spent a very enjoyable morning in the Tempe area with Brian Everingham and others (Valerie, Sue, Jan and Helen) from the National Parks Association.
We met at Wolli Creek station and then walked over to Cahill Reserve on the Cooks River. On the mudflats were some of the usual birds – Herons, Ibis and a Magpie Lark collecting mud for its nest. Continue reading
This was another very nice day spent out in Malabar Headland National Park photographing the birds.
On the way out, I stopped to photograph some New Holland Honeyeaters – Continue reading
This was a very pleasant day spent with friends John and Chuin Nee and their young sons Jasper and Seby riding around the cycle tracks at the Sydney Olympic Parklands.
I rode there along the Cooks River Cycleway, and on the way stopped off at Mason Park, to check out the birdlife. There were quite a few Pied Stilts and I also spotted two Black-fronted Dotterels – Continue reading
Another pleasant day spent in my local area recording the birdlife.
I started by cycling down to the Cooks River and then riding along the cycleway to see what was about. On the mudflats I spotted this Great Egret – Continue reading
I attended the huge Climate Rally in Sydney on 20 September 2019. The only problem was the size of the crowd was so large that I could not hear any of the speeches. I was too far from the stage area.
After the rally at The Domain, there was a march to Hyde Park. Here are some more photos. Continue reading
The weather forecast was for showers, but I was keen to get outdoors, so after consulting the weather radar, I jumped on a train to Doonside and then spent a pleasant day at Nurragingy Reserve. It did rain, quite heavily, but only for about twenty minutes, and I sat in a shelter and waited for it to stop.
The birds were a bit quiet compared to some previous visits, but there are always some nice birds to be found. Most of the interesting birds I found along the perimeter fire road which I visited three times during my stay. Continue reading
I had planned a trip up the Blue Mountains with Bob, and due to bad weather we decided to visit some of the waterfalls. We first stopped off at Hazelbrook, then at Woodford, and lastly we made a quick visit to a lookout above Glenbrook Gorge.
Horseshoe Falls
At Hazelbrook, we set off from Oakland Avenue along the track down to Horseshoe Falls. On the way I took photos of one of the small cascades on the way down – Continue reading
With rain forecast for most of the week, it looked like Monday would be the most reasonable day to get out, so I headed back to Malabar Headland National Park for some more bird photography. And it turned out to be bird photography, since on this trip I didn’t spot any whales, dolphins or seals. But the birds were nice.
Before I entered the park, I stopped at a small pollution retention pond. There were some Welcome Swallows swooping close to the water surface, but also some other birds – Tree Martins. I can’t recall seeing them before – only the more common Fairy Martins. Here are some photos, first a Welcome Swallow or two – Continue reading
I made another visit to Bicentennial Park to photograph the birds there. I was hoping some of the migratory vistas may be present, but only spotted one bird. But, as usual the resident birds were nice.
On this visit I seemed to photograph a lot of Superb Fairywrens. Here is a selection of photos – Continue reading
