Sue had suggested a late afternoon picnic out on Malabar Headland. She invited Valerie, Alana and myself. We met on the Headland with plenty of nice food to share. But there was a nice bonus! A newly fledged Peregrine Falcon chick.
On the walk out from Malabar with Valerie, we heard, then spotted a Rufous Whistler – Continue reading
Now it was time for the Greenway Bird Survey along the Hawthorne Canal. As usual, we started at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station and finished at Hawthorne Light Rail Station.
Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading
It was time for the bird survey along the Cooks River with the Mudlarks. This month the survey was downstream – on the Wave Rock Circuit.
Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading
Brian Everingham had suggested a few dates for some walks, in Royal National Park or nearby. I suggested a visit to the sea cliffs north of Wattamolla to see the young Peregrine Falcons I had been fortunate to photograph two weeks earlier. Brian thought this was a good idea, and we were joined by Sue, Valerie and Elaine.
We had a most interesting walk. Continue reading
Another day spent on Long Reef. Actually, I had visited Long Reef two days earlier, but had been greeted by a thick sea fog. I had waited to see if it cleared, but it didn’t, so I headed home early. This visit was a lot more fruitful. As well as photographing the Ospreys, I also photographed a rare visitor to Sydney – a Beach Stone-curlew.
Here are how things panned out.
When I arrived, around 10:30 am. I didn’t see any flying birds from the lookout. Descending down the steps, with binoculars, I spotted an Osprey perched on one of the trees on the northside of the headland. I walked over towards it. Continue reading
Bob and myself were keen on some more canyoning, and the weather forecast was not too bad, so we set off up the Mountains with the plan on first visiting Dargans Creek Canyon at Clarence, and then, if time permitted we planned to visit the small Cicada Canyon near Lithgow.
This canyon is very good value as the canyon is easy to get into and back out of. So a good ratio of value to effort. Continue reading
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
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
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
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
