Tag Archives: Cooks River

Cooks River Birds – Additions – 30 Oct 2014

I went down to the Cooks River again with my camera. This time I met up with Digi Dave. I started at Ewan Park and photographed the Tawny Frogmouths there. This time there was one adult and two chicks. 

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More Birds of the Cooks River – 28 October 2014

I went down with my camera after hearing about some Tawny Frogmouth chicks that can be seen. They took a while to find – but I spotted two sets  of Tawny Frogmouths. Each set consisted the parents and two chicks. … Continue reading

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More Cooks River Birds – 25 September 2006

Here are a few pictures from my latest attempt to photograph some of the bird life of the Cooks River.  

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Cooks River Birds – 19 September 2014

It had been a while since I had been down to the Cooks River to photograph the birdlife. I wandered down today with my camera to see what birds were around. It was the middle of the day, and most … Continue reading

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Cooks River Birds – More Photos

I spent another few hours on the Cooks River photographing the birds and also have updated my Cooks River Birds webpages. The updated pages start here and continue onto four linked pages. So far they cover 18 species. I have … Continue reading

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Cooks River Birds – Attempts to get Birds in Flight

I went down to my local river – the Cooks River on January 17th in an attempt to get more bird pictures and hopefully more photos of them in flight. I was lucky – 4 pelicans were there. Most of … Continue reading

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Mainly Pelicans – Cooks River – 10 January 2014

I went down to see if the pelicans were about in Boat Harbour on the Cooks River. They were. At first here were only two. Then another one swam down the river and joined them. I sat watching them with … Continue reading

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Cooks River – Birds and Bottles – 3 January 2014

I went down to the Cooks River to see what the king high tide would be like. The water level was very high indeed – and over the banks in places. I took my camera along a took a few … Continue reading

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Birds of the Cooks River

I’ve started a new project, to photograph the birds along the Cooks River, close to where I live. I ride to work along the cycle track next to the river and I often see birds. With daylight saving, it is … Continue reading

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Bushfire Plume over Sydney – 17 October 2013

Thursday October 17th was a terrible day for bushfires in the Blue Mountains. It was very warm, very windy and very dry. Several large bushfires broke out in parts of the Blue Mountains and spread very quickly. In Sydney, we … Continue reading

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