I decided to make a repeat trip to Northern Beaches in order to get some more photographs of the family of Peregrine Falcons.
I did see both the adult Peregrine Falcons, and at least one juvenile flying, but I also spent long periods with no action.
Here is the adult female Peregrine Falcon – Continue reading
It was time to join the Tempe Birdos for their monthly bird survey. This month I was in the group surveying at the wetlands.
Walking down to the wetlands, I spotted this White-faced Heron –
While the group was gathering, one of the members pointed out this Eastern Long-necked Turtle. Someone had seen it on a nearby road and carried into the wetland area. It was good to see it was heading towards the pond. Continue reading
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
