Northern Beaches Peregrine Falcons – 8 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

This was perhaps the most successful of recent trips to the cliffs of the Northern beaches in order to get some action shots of a family of Peregrine Falcons.

When I arrived on the cliffs, I soon spotted an adult (male) – Continue reading →

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Victoria Brook Walk – 7 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

Bob had suggested this walk a while back. He was keen to look for a pass from the gorge section of the Brook to the ridge the goes out to Odin Head. The interesting thing about the pass was that involved climbing up a tree that had metal spikes screwed into it for assistance. There are other passes in the Blue Mountains that involve trees with spikes – the one of the exit from Dargans Creek Canyon and the one in Mitchells Creek Pass on Narrow Neck.

On an earlier walk to Victoria Brook – we had walked around an upper canyon section. It would be nice to visit this properly – bit as it was likely to involve some swims it would be better to do it in warm weather.

So on a warm November day, we headed out the Victoria Falls Road, and then turned off along the rough fire road that goes out towards Odin Head. Continue reading →

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Birds at Sydney Park – 6 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

I went back to Sydney Park for a morning of bird photography. I first heard the kerfuffle caused by Noisy Miners trying to evict a Channel-billed Cuckoo.

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Birds at Barton Park – 5 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

I made a morning visit to Barton Park to see what birds were around. It turned out to be pretty quiet. Most of the birds I photographed were in Landing Lights Wetland.

There was about ten Pied Stilts there, and a lot of these were nesting.

My past observations of Pied Stilt nesting at landing Lights Wetland have shown they were not that successful. Mainly due to the water level rising and flooding their nests. But this time the water level seemed to have started out high before they built their nests, which all seemed quite high and dry. Continue reading →

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Yeramba Lagoon Walk – 4 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

This was another walk led by Brian Everingham for the National Parks Association of NSW. Yeramba Lagoon, in the Georges River National Park is a very pleasant place to visit.

In the morning ,we did a circuit walk around the Lagoon, looking at with trees, wild flowers and birds.

Here are some photos – Continue reading →

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Northern Beaches Peregrine Falcons – 3 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

I wanted to see how the Peregrine Falcon Family on the cliffs of the Northern Beaches were going.

I headed out to the cliffs and was buffeted by strong winds from the North.  The strong winds would continue all through my visit and certainly made photography very difficult – particularly trying to hold a large lens following a bird in flight. Continue reading →

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Birds at Sydney Park – 2 November 2024

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Noble

I visited Sydney Park at St Peters to see how the birds were going and to take a break  from processing photos from Mt Kaputar.

Here are some of the birds I spotted – Continue reading →

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Returning from Mt Kaputar – 30 October – 1 November 2024

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Dave Noble

Returning from Mt Kaputar was interesting. Here are some places we visited –

Site of the Myall Creek Masacre

After a brief stop at Bingara, we headed to the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial. This is a very moving place to visit, with information about what happened very well presented – as stops along a short walk. Continue reading →

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Mt Kaputar – Astrophotography From the Summit – 29 October 2024

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

Here are some photos I took on the summit of Mt Kaputar on the evening of 29 October 2024. The evening was relatively cloud free. I was particularly interested in photographing Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.

(15 seconds, f 1.8, 3200 ISO)

I was able to photograph the comet, but unfortunately it was not that bright by that stage in its orbit. You can see it in the middle of the above photo. Continue reading →

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Visit to Mt Kaputar National Park – 26 October – 1 November 2024

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Dave Noble

My friend Wendy invited me to join her on a trip to visit Mt Kaputar National Park. It’s a place that I have never visited, but have been keen to go for a long time. We had a marvellous and fascinating trip.

Mt Kaputar in the highest point of the Nandewar Range which lies east of Narrabri. It features a wild volcanic landscape, a bit like the nearby Warrumbungles.

Wendy drove all the way to Mt Kaputar National Park in one long day from her home in the Blue Mountains. On the way there, via Mudgee, we stopped at the small town of Mullaley where we had lunch in a park. There was a surprising amount of birds within this small park. Continue reading →

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