Bob and myself had a very interesting walk on the ridge north of Mt Irvine visiting three Aboriginal sites. Two were caves with ochre art, and the third was a well known site on the Tessellated Pavement.
The first site we visited was a small overhang. It did not seem a very good cave to look for art in, but it surprisingly was quite reasonable. Continue reading
After the Greenway Bird Survey, I caught the light rail to the city, then changed to the other light rail to Juniors, then a bus to Maroubra Beach, where I met Sue, and then we headed out onto Malabar Headland. We had a very good day, with an excellent Osprey encounter on Magic Point.
As well as the osprey, we also observed the pair of Peregrine Falcons, and a seal, whales and some other birds.
Here are some photos – Continue reading
I took part in the monthly bird survey along the Hawthorne Canal. It was quite cold, and that meant not many birds were about compared to a warmer day.
We probably heard ore birds than we saw. But here are some – Continue reading
I joined the Mudlarks for their early morning bird survey on their Cooks River. This month the survey was around the downstream “Wave Rock” circuit. The weather was fine but cold and not that many birds were seen.
Here are some of the birds we saw –
Masked Lapwing Continue reading
It was time to visit Birdwood Gully at Springwood again to see how the fungi was going. Sue and Valerie joined me for the day.
We didn’t find too much fungi, but we did find some interesting ones. Here is a selection of photos –
Hygrocybe sp. Continue reading
After the bird survey, I stayed back to photograph some of the fungi.
Here is some that I saw –
Old Humidicutis viridimagentea Continue reading
I took part on the Wolli Creek Bird Survey, early in the morning. The group surveys from Girrahween Park down to the Flying Fox Camp and back. It was quite cold, and not that many birds were seen, although quite a few could be heard.
Here are some of the birds we saw –
White-browed Scrubwren
Australian White Ibis Continue reading
I visited two reserves at Chatswood to photograph fungi. I first went to Ferndale Park, and then, after lunch, went to Blue Gum Reserve. Both venues had some reasonable fungi, including a good number of waxcaps.
Here are some of the fungi I found – Continue reading
I spent a nice day out on Malabar Headland with Sue. The weather was sunny at first, but quite cool, and in the afternoon it became overcast.
We were looking for Peregrine Falcons and also hoping to see some whales. Continue reading
Bob and myself had a very interesting trip in the Gosford – Brooklyn area. We visited a major Aboriginal engraving site, then visited a huge sandstone overhang, and then found a few more Aboriginal sites, then we headed to Brooklyn for another Aboriginal engraving site.
The first site, the Mooney Mooney Aboriginal engraving site is a short walk from the Old Pacific Highway, not far from the Reptile Park at Gosford. It is an amazing site! Continue reading
