This was an interesting trip to a new location for me – the Chiltern Trail (fire road) at Ingleside. I found a wealth of honeyeaters.
Spotted Pardalote
To get there by public transport was not too difficult. I caught a train to Gordon and then the 197 bus towards Mona Vale. I got off at the stop on Chiltern Road, and from there it was a 10-15 minute walk to the Trail. Continue reading
I spent the best part of a day wandering around Centennial Park seeing what birds I could spot and photograph.
I was looking for a pair of Powerful Owls, but could not spot them. But there were a lot of other birds in the park Here are a few – Continue reading
After seeing the Peregrine Falcon my trip of 13 July, I was keen to see if it was still in the area, so I made another trip to Malabar Headland. Before you visit the headland you need to ensure the walking track is open. Unfortunately it is frequently closed because of shooting at the adjacent rifle range. So it is wise the check the NPWS Alerts Page for Malabar National Park.
I walked slowly out to Magic Point, and one there sat down to wait to see if any whales would pass by and to look out for sea birds. Continue reading
This was a pleasant bushwalking and camping trip with friends to celebrate two birthdays. We headed to a nice campsite at Asgard Swamp on the Asgard Plateau at the head of the Grose Valley at Mt Victoria.
It was a short walk (about 2 kms) to the campsite at Asgard Swamp from the Victoria Falls Fire Road. When we arrived, after setting up our tents, we went to the bottom of the swamp to get some water. However the recent drought meant that the water was very hard to extract. You could ge wet feet, but not much else. So we returned to the campsite, and then headed back about ten minutes to the first swamp. We had seen good pools of water on the walk in. Continue reading
I spent a nice morning at Tempe – visiting the Wetlands and Tempe Reserve mainly photographing birds.
The highlight was getting some reasonably close photos of a Spotted Pardalote. This very small birds normally are found at the top of trees, so it is good to get photos of them close to ground level. Continue reading
After seeing a friend’s photo of the International Space Station that he had taken hand held with his camera and telephoto lens I thought I would have a go. I used this site to see when the ISS was passing over. To get a reasonable photo I think it best to have it pass over quite high in the sky (so it is closer).
Here you can make out some of the substructures of the ISS. Continue reading
Bob suggested this walk, part of the Harbour to Hawkesbury Track, and it featured tracks that neither of us had visited before. Earlier we had walked from St Ives to Roseville Bridge along Middle Harbour Creek. This time we would be going in the opposite direction, mainly following Cowan Creek. Most of the walk is within Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park.
Like the earlier trip, we caught the 197 bus (I got on at Gordon Station) to Kitchener Street, St Ives. From the north end of Kitchener St, our walk started. The first section of just over 1 km was along a fire road that went down to a gully and then up the other side to Phillip Avenue, St Ives Chase. Continue reading
Another trip to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside for bird photography.
Eastern Yellow Robin
Nothing too special this time. On this visit I could not see the Azure Kingfishers that I had seen before. I wandered around the whole reserve and managed to get some reasonable photos. Here is a selection – Continue reading
A pleasant day spent in the Northern Beaches area photographing birds. On this trip I didn’t see any unusual species.
At Long Reef, there were a lot of birds a long way out, but the tide was high so I spent some time photographing some Welcome Swallows. Continue reading
I headed back out to Bicentennial Park at Homebush Bay for another day of bird photography.
White-plumed Honeyeater
I started by trying to photograph some of the swiftly moving Welcome Swallows – Continue reading
