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
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
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
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
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
I spent the morning at Barton Park, mainly at Landing Lights Wetland, photographing birds.
Here are some I spotted – Continue reading
Bob was taking a relative, Luke, visiting from England, out for a canyoning trip – Dalpura Canyon, and asked if I wanted to come along. I did. Bob drove up the mountains and we were soon heading down the creek to the canyon.
The walk to the canyon is short and pleasant. Continue reading
I travelled up to Long Reef on the Northern Beaches for hopefully some more Osprey photography. I had quite a good day.
When I arrived, I spotted an Osprey perched on the south side of the headland. Continue reading
On an earlier trip, Bob and myself had spent a bit of effort looking for an Aboriginal art site that is described in “Blue Mountains Dreaming” edited by Eugene Stockton. in the book, Stockton describes a cave, nit too far way from the well known Red Hands Cave that features some very unusual engravings. As well as the engravings, there is also some ochre art – including a boomerang motif, and the cave has become know as “The Golden Boomerang Cave”. On this trip, we looked for it again, and investigated some more gullies and we had success.
The photo below shoes one of the engravings. It is a human figure lying down, and looking towards the left. You can see a large bottom and two legs. The upper part is a bit indistinct.
The photo below shows the golden boomerang (orange ochre) in the middle, and to the right is another human figure – upright with outstretched arms. It is very hard to discern. Continue reading
