I had been planning this trip for a while, but had not had a suitable time to go. It had either been too hot or two rough for the ferry trips. The plan was to meet at Circular Quay, then catch the ferry to Manly. Then the bus to Palm Beach. Net the ferry from Palm Beach to Ettalong. Then a bus to Woy Woy and a train home to Sydney. I was joined by Sue and Valerie.
Here, the ferry is just setting off from Circular Quay. Continue reading
I joined Sue for another visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney to look for the Powerful Owls.
When we arrived, some other birders had already spotted one of the Powerful Owls. It was hard to see high up in the foliage. Continue reading
I spent a very pleasant day with Valerie and Sue visiting three locations. First we went to Landing Lights Wetland at Barton Park, but didn’t stay too long – it was too hot and there was very little shade, so we then went to Gough Whitlam Park on the Cooks River, where we spent a fair bit of time, and later moved upstream to the Boat Harbour, also on the Cooks River.
I met Sue and Valerie at the Botanic Gardens to look for the Powerful Owls again.
On this visit we got quite good views of both the Powerful Owls Continue reading
In the morning, I visited Wolli Creek Regional Park in order to get some more photos of the breeding Sacred Kingfishers.
On this visit, I didn’t see any visits to their nest hollow, so I assume chicks have fledged. Continue reading
I joined Digi Dave for a visit to the Cooks River to photograph some of the birds that were around. We spent our time at The Cup and Saucer Creek Wetlands and then crossed over to the Boat Harbour.
Here are some photos – Continue reading
I joined Sue for a train trip to Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River. We had a very pleasant day, and had lunch at the Anglers Rest Hotel before catching a train back home.
Here are a few photos – Continue reading
I spent nice day out with Valerie and Sue visiting Royal National Park at Audley, and then on the way home, we stopped off at Taren Point to look for shorebirds.
We first visited Wattle Flat. Continue reading
I visited Wolli Creek Regional Park, near Earlwood, to spend more time photographing the nesting Sacred Kingfishers again. It was a good visit as the birds were quite active in bringing food to their nest.
Not long after I arrived, I heard a Sacred Kingfisher calling. When they have food in their beaks, they seem to use their “screaming” type call, rather than their contact/territorial call. Perhaps it is the only call they can make with a partly open beak? Continue reading
