Birds at Sydney Olympic Park – 3 January 2023

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Dave Noble

I decided to spend a day on the west side of Sydney Olympic Park seeing what birds were around. I started at the Narawang Wetlands and Newington, then walked down the path to Woo-la-ra, then I continued to the river path on the Parramatta River where I had lunch. Then I walked back the same way.

At Narawang Wetlands, I spent a fair bit of time looking for Black-backed Bitterns. Several had been photographed the previous day, but on my visit they were not active at all while I was there. Continue reading →

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Back to Rookwood – 2 January 2023

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Dave Noble

Valerie had invited both Sue and myself to lunch at her place, and as an after lunch activity, I suggested a visit to Rookwood Necropolis to see the juvenile Brown Goshawks.

It was a warm afternoon. and a lot of the birds at the Necropolis were not active. We eventual spotted one of the juvenile Brown Goshawks, but it did not give us many opportunities to observe it. I was lucky to get a few slight shots – Continue reading →

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Some Local Birds – Morton Park and The Cooks River – 1 January 2024

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Dave Noble

On New Years Day, I did a short local walk, first to Morton Park, on Canterbury Road at Lewisham, thenI  caught a bus to Canterbury, where I met up with Valerie for a slow walk along the Cooks River where we looked for birds.

At Morton Park, I was surprised to see a Tawny Frogmouth still sitting on its nest. It seems to have been sitting on the nest for quite a while now – several months. Is it sitting on non-viable eggs? Or perhaps the female has laid a set of new eggs? More observations are needed. Continue reading →

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Coastal Walking in Royal – Wattamolla to Eagle Rock – 31 January 2023

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Dave Noble

I joined my friends John and Chuin Nee, their two boys Jasper and Sebastian and another family for a nice walk in Royal National Park along the Coast Track from Wattamolla to Eagle Rock at Curracurrong and back. It was a very pleasant day.

It turned out to be overcast all the day, but it was quite warm and very humid. Continue reading →

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The Brown Goshawks at Rookwood – 30 December 2023

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Dave Noble

I made another trip to Rookwood Necropolis in order to see how the young Brown Goshawks were doing, and to see if I could get any better photos (in particular photos of them in flight).

It was another fairly warm and humid day. The only birds I saw when I arrived where some White-throated Needletails flying high above – Continue reading →

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Back to the Art at West Head – 27 December 2023

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Dave Noble

My friend Valerie was keen to see some of the abundant Aboriginal art on West Head, and I was more than happy to make another visit. We had a great trip despite some stormy weather.

There are many tracks and fire roads that lead off from the main road on West Head. Aboriginal art sites can be found along many of these.

We parked at one car park, and were soon on our way along a fire road. Continue reading →

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Christmas Post – Hazelbrook – Waterfalls, Orchids and Birds, and a few Birds at Ellalong 24 – 25 December 2023

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Dave Noble

On Christmas Eve, I travelled up to Hazelbrook to stay at my sister and brother in law’s place. Then on Christmas Day, we headed to Ellalong  in the Hunter Valley to join a family get together.

I had my camera with me. At Hazelbrook, the rain cleared for long enough for me to visit the local waterfall circuit walk, and also snap some birds around the house. Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Birds – 23 December 2023

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Dave Noble

In the afternoon, after the Greenway Bird Survey, I thought I would check out more local birds. This time at Wolli Creek Regional Park. I caught a bus to Earlwood, and walked down to Girrahween Park to first see how the Tawny Frogmouth nest was going. I had spotted the nest on my previous visit to Wolli Creek.

I was delighted to see the male on the nest accompanied by two chicks. Continue reading →

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Greenway Bird Survey – 23 December 2023

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Dave Noble

It was a Saturday morning, and I walked down to Waratah Mills Light Rail Station. Outside the station at 7:30 am, the group met and we started surveying the birds on a loop along the Greenway.

Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading →

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Aboriginal Art Sites at West Head – 21 December 2023

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Dave Noble

The weather forecast was not the best, so instead of canyoning, Bob and myself decided to do a walk on West Head in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to look for Aboriginal sites.

We found most of the Aboriginal sites we were hoping to see. Many are well known and marked on maps. Continue reading →

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