Once again I travelled up to Long Reef on the Northern Beaches, mainly to photograph raptors. When I arrived, another bird photographer, Chang La was there and we chatted while waiting for the Ospreys to arrive.
But this time, The Ospreys kept us waiting.
Here are some of the birds there – Continue reading
I made an afternoon visit to Narawang Wetlands at Newington in order to attempt to spot some of the Black-backed Bitterns (Australian Little Bittern). This time I had more success.
I spent a flair bit of time scouring the reads drinking the pools with binoculars. Eventually, I spotted a juvenile Black-backed Bittern – Continue reading
It was time to join the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey. This month, I was in the group surveying at Tempe Reserve, but here are a few birds at Tempe Wetlands we saw while we were meeting.
Australasian Figbird
Australasian Grebe Continue reading
It had been a while since I had visited Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside, so I caught a train to Doonside and then walked into the Reserve. It was warm day, and there was a forecast for rain.
Due to the likelihood of rain, I decided to make sure I did the walk along the perimeter fire trail fairly early on. Continue reading
I had earlier been on the Greenway Bird Survey, and I then took advantage of the low tide to see the Bar-tailed Godwits at Hen and Chicken Bay, Abbotsford. It was short bus ride.
When I arrived, I walked past some mangroves and soon spotted about 30 Bar-tailed Godwits foraging along the exposed mudflats. I slowly moved closer to the shoreline and then waited for some birds to pass closer. Continue reading
I joined in on the bird survey along the Hawthorne Canal section of the Greenway. As usual, the group met at 7:30 am at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station.
On this occasion, it was relatively quiet at the station.
Lower down on the path, we saw this Brush Turkey roosting in a tree – Continue reading
This was an activity of the National Parks Association of NSW led by Brian Everingham. The main aim was to look for birds.
Our first stop was the mudflats at Maianbar. Continue reading
Long Reef has been consistently good lately for photographing Ospreys. This visit was a but unusual. I arrived at the headland around 11 am, but did not see any Ospreys until 2 pm. First one was flying around hunting for fish. Then a second arrived, then a third. So it started as a very quiet day, but got a lot better.
When I arrived, another bird photographer was there. Chang La, and he had not been there long and so far had seen no Ospreys. It was ideal conditions for them – a nice breeze and high tide.
We spotted a lot of small back bird far out at sea. Probably Shearwaters. Continue reading
Last summer, I had made a number of visits to Rookwood Necropolis to photograph three just fledged Brown Goshawks. I had made three earlier visits this season to Rookwood – in August, September and October of 2024, and seen some signs that the Brown Goshawks were nesting. But the birds were not in their old nest tree. It seems this summer, they have had one chick.
Arriving at Rookwood, I set off to the Serpentine Creek area, and soon spotted the juvenile Brown Goshawk. Continue reading
I decided to make a morning visit to Sydney Park to see what birds were out.
Here is a Noisy Miner with some sort of food –
