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
I made a short visit to Sydney Park to photograph birds. It was fairly quiet there, but I did eventually find one Buff-banded Rail.
Here are some of the birds I saw – Continue reading
I made a visit to Rookwood Necropolis again to see how the young Brown Goshawks were going, and then on the way home, I got off the train at Canterbury and walked home via the Cooks River. This made for a pleasant outing.
This time, at Rookwood, it took me a while to spot the juvenile Brown Goshawks. I listened for their calls and looked in the usual trees that I had seen them perched in before, but had no luck. I wondered if they were spending more time away from their nest area. This is to be expected as they develop. Continue reading
As usual, I joined the annual Sydney University Bushwalkers Walk to the Coxs River. This walk has been held in mid December for many years.
I travelled up the Mountains to Megalong with Roger, an old friend, and we were soon walking down the Six Foot Track. Continue reading
I joined Sue and Valerie for a very pleasant day at Taronga Zoo.
On my last visit, with Sue, we had spent a fair bit of time in the new nocturnal house. Valerie had not yet seen it, so that was one place we wanted to make sure we visited. So, when we arrived, we walked down to it via the Australian section. Continue reading
A very hot day was forecast – and it seemed a good time to visit some canyons in the Blue Mountains. So Bob and myself headed up to Medlow Bath and visited Jugglers Canyon and then Grand Canyon.
We had a great day.
After parking near the airport, we were soon on the old Pilcher Track heading to Jugglers Canyon. It didn’t take long to reach the first abseil. Continue reading
In the afternoon, I walked down to Morton Park on Canterbury Road to check the status of the nesting Tawny Frogmouths.
I soon located the nest – very high in a tree, and hard to see clearly. The male was still sitting on the nest and there was no sign of chicks. This bird has been sitting on then it’s now for a very long time, and so I think the eggs may be unviable. Continue reading
I joined the group on the early morning bird survey along the Greenway – Hawthorne Canal – between Taverners Hill and Hawthorne Light Rail Stations.
This survey was relatively quiet in terms of birds seen. Here are some – Continue reading
After the Mudlarks Bird Survey, Simin suggested a visit to Rookwood Necropolis to see the Brown Goshawk family. This sounded like a good idea.
On the walk in, we spotted a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike with prey. Probably a cicada. Continue reading
I joined the Mudlarks for their monthly bird survey along the Cooks River. The group met up on the Lang Street Bridge at 7 am. This time the survey went downstream – to Wave Rock and back.
Here are some of the birds we saw – Continue reading
