It had been a while since I had visited Long Reef, which has lately been the best location in Sydney to photograph Ospreys.
The weather was very pleasant, and the tide was high. This was good because the Operas can hunt in the shallow water that voters the rock platform, and this can bring them closer. I did get the chance to photograph many diving attempts but not many resulted in the bird catching a fish. Continue reading
I wanted to get an update on fungi along Terrys Creek and along a section of the Lane Cove River, so I caught the metro up to Epping and was soon wallow along the Terrys Creek Track. I walked down to Browns Waterhole on the Lane Cove River and then crossed over to the north side and followed the track to the DeBurgh Bridge and then later caught a bus which went to Macquarie University Station.
Along Terrys Creek, I was fortunate to spot two Powerful Owls in different areas. It is Riley that these owls are partners of ones in a nearby nesting hollow. I also some fungi. Continue reading
After a morning spent at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, I travelled by metro and train to Tempe and then crossed the Cooks River into Waterworth Park and after stopping for lunch, I walked up Wolli Creek, through Wolli Creek Regional Park to Earlwood. I did not find a real lot of fungi out.
These ones below were in Waterworth Park, and I could see a lot more in the nearby, but fenced off, velodrome. They could be Chlorophyllum nothorachodes. Continue reading
I was keen to do more fungi photo trips after recent rain falls, even though the volume of rain was not that great, and the amount of fungi I had been finding was no where near as much as previous seasons at this time of the year. So I headed up to Chatswood to spend the morning in Ferndale Park.
Here is some fungi that I found – Continue reading
After finding some good fungi the previous day in the Lane Cove River Valley, I thought it could be worth heading to Birdwood Gully at Springwood to see how the fungi was going there. I did not find a huge amount of fungi, but I did find some interesting ones.
Here are some photos –
Ramariopsis kunzei
I made a repeat visit to the location in Lane Cove National Park that I had observed some interesting fungi a few days earlier to check on their progress. I was hoping some more of the Parrot Waxcaps (Gliophorus psittacinus group) had appeared. Indeed, I did spot some new ones.
This was the best one. Gliophorus psittacinus group –
After the Wolli Creek Bird Survey, I went home for lunch. But, I later ventured out again for short walk along part of the Cooks River, between Illawarra Road and Gough Whitlam Park to see and photograph more birds.
Here are some I photographed. Continue reading
I took part in the bird survey in Wolli Creek Regional Park – starting at Girrahween Park to The Flying Fox Camp and back.
Here are some of the birds, and other things, we saw – Continue reading
I caught a train to Macquarie Park and then a bus for s short bit, and then walked into Lane Cove National Park, and I followed the River Walk downstream and then continued to Chatswood via Blue Gum Reserve. Along the way, I photographed fungi.
I walked from Bexley North to Turrella along the Two Valleys Track in Wolli Creek Regional Park looking for fungi.
Here are some that I spotted – Continue reading
