Tag Archives: Australasian Grebe

Nurragingy Reserve – 20 October 2024

I spent a very pleasant and interesting day at Nurragingy Reserve photographing mainly birds. The highlights were a family of Australasian Grebes and the Sacred Kingfishers. I started with the Australasian Grebes. There were four chicks – often residing on … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 25 September 2022

I spent a pleasant day at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I had no luck spotting Azure Kingfishers this visit, but I did see quite a few other nice birds. The highlight perhaps was seeing some young Australians Grebe chicks. And … Continue reading

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Birds at Sydney Park – 11 August 2021

Day 46 of lockdown. Another pleasant late afternoon trip – cycling to Sydney Park, and then once there, walking around looking for birds. Here are some of the birds I saw at the park –

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Back to Sydney Park – 5 August 2021

Day 40 of lockdown. I decided for my exercise  for the day to ride in the afternoon to Sydney Park and back. Taking a bike rather than walking would allow me to check out some of the new cycleways. Also … Continue reading

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Photographing Azure Kingfishers – 1 May 2019

I made a visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I was intending to look for honeyeaters, but instead concentrated on photographing a pair of Azure Kingfishers. But there were also a lot of other interesting birds to see. I arrived … Continue reading

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Birds at Tempe – 22 February 2019

I spent a very rewarding morning at Tempe Wetlands and the adjoining Tempe Reserve wandering around with my camera. Things started off pretty quietly. At first, I didn’t see or hear too many birds. It had been raining lightly. But … Continue reading

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