Tag Archives: Azure Kingfisher

Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 22 April 2020

My choice for an exercise venue was Nurragungy Reserve at Doonside. This tune out to be good – I travelled there on nearly empty trains and there was plenty of room for walking around without seeing too many other people … Continue reading

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Birds and Fungi at Nurragingy Reserve – 18 February 2020

When I visit Nurragingy Reserve I always look out for the resident Azure Kingfishers. I don’t always spot them. On this visit I as lucky, spotting one of the Azure Kingfishers perched above one of the pools and also a … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 27 November 2019

My previous visit to Nurragingy Reseve had been very fruitful – with lots of nice birds to photograph. I was keen to return and check the progress of the Azure Kingfishers, to see if their young had fledged. When I … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 22 November 2019

This was a very pleasant day spent at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. At the reserve I met up with Jan, who was there on his first visit. We later met up with Johan for a short while – and we … Continue reading

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Another Day at Nurragingy – 24 May 2019

I arrived at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside nice and early on a cool and very misty morning. It was quiet on the bird front so I wandered around getting some photos of the gardens in the mist. It was certainly … Continue reading

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 15 May 2019

I made another visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside to see what birds were out. My last visit had been very good – I was able to get some reasonable photos of a pair of Azure Kingfishers (although not at … Continue reading

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Photographing Azure Kingfishers – 1 May 2019

I made a visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I was intending to look for honeyeaters, but instead concentrated on photographing a pair of Azure Kingfishers. But there were also a lot of other interesting birds to see. I arrived … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 18 February 2019

After my last trip to Nurragingy, I was keen to head back there for some more bird photography. A hot day was forecast, so I got there not long after 8 am. I was hoping to photograph the Pacific Baza … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 19 December 2018

I headed back out to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside hoping to get more photos of the Sacred Kingfishers feeding their chick. However, when I arrived it was looking like the nest has now been vacated. I did not see any … Continue reading

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Royal National Park – Whales and Birds – 27 July 2018

I joined Brian Everingham and a group from the National Parks Association of NSW for a photo walk at Wottamolla. We later continued with some bird photography at Audley. In the party, as well as Brian, was Sue, Alan, Ken, … Continue reading

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