Birds at Sydney Park – 4 December 2024

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Dave Noble

Another quite hot day. I ventured out and spent an hour or so at Sydney Park before it got too warm.

Here are some birds I saw – Continue reading →

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Malabar Headland – 2 December 2024

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Dave Noble

The Peregrine Falcon season at Malabar Headland has been a frustrating one this season. On our previous visit, it looked like things may have been looking up, with possible late season nesting. Both adult Peregrine Falcons were perched near the nesting area for long periods, leaving only for some hunting. So, Valerie, Sue and myself made another visit – but this time, we only spotted a single adult Peregrine Falcon for a short time, just after we arrived.  It soon flew off, and we didn’t see it or any others while we were there.

On the way out, we did see a number of Jacky Dragons. Continue reading →

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Coast Walking – Scarborough to Bulli – 29 November 2024

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Dave Noble

Bob had suggested this walk, and it sounded like a good one to do on a wet day with low tide. We traveled down to Scarborough by train, and there met up with Doug. The plan was to walk along the coast south to at least Thirroul. Bob had read about this walk in a new small booklet on Northern Illawarra Beach Walking by Geoff Whale.

We then walked north along Lawrence Hargrave Drive to Clifton to Moronga Park. Continue reading →

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Cooks River Birds – 26 November 2024

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Dave Noble

It was the first a series of very hot days, but I was keen to venture outdoors, so I did short local walk along the Cooks River between Wardell Road and Canterbury Road.

I first went to the cricket nets and looked for the Tawny Frogmouths. I only found the one on a nest – Continue reading →

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Raptors in Royal – 25 November 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Dave Noble

I was keen on a walk to the sea cliffs in Royal National Park to see how a breeding pair of Peregrine Falcons were going. Valerie and her great niece Izzy joined me. We had a very enjoyable walk.

We didn’t see the breeding pair of Peregrine Falcons but we did see their new juveniles. Three in total. And we also saw three White-bellied Sea Eagles. Continue reading →

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Northern Beaches Birds – 24 November 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Dave Noble

I had heard recently of a family of Barking Owls that had been seen roosting near Narrabeen Lagoon. So, I thought it may be worthwhile heading up that way to see if I could find them. Any spare time afterwards, I could use at Long Reef photographing the local Ospreys.

So I caught a bus to Dee Why and then changed to a local bus and got off near Narrabeen Lagoon, and headed to Jamieson Park on the south side of the lagoon, which seemed a good place to start (Barking Owls had recently been recorded there on the eBird site). Continue reading →

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Greenway Bird Survey – 23 November 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Dave Noble

It was time for the survey along the Dulwich Hill section of The Greenway. I joined the group outside Waratah Mills Light Rail Station at 7:30 am.

Here are some of the birds we observed – Continue reading →

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Malabar Headland – 22 November 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Dave Noble

I joined Sue and Valerie for a visit to Malabar Headland, and at last it looked like things may be picking up as far as the pair of Peregrine Falcons are going.

Before we had reached the National Park entrance near Maroubra Beach, we spotted a raptor. It was a Swamp Harrier – Continue reading →

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Another Glenbrook Heritage Walk – 21 November 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Dave Noble

After a most interesting walk, the week before, Bob and myself decided to do second trip in the Glenbrook section of Blue Mountains National Park in order to look for more Aboriginal art sites.

We had to do a fair bit of walking to get to the area we wanted to explore. One the way we encountered some nice orchids. Here is the first – Continue reading →

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Birds at Sydney Park – 20 November 2024

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Dave Noble

Sue joined me for a morning of birding at Sydney Park.

Here are some we saw – Continue reading →

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