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Birds along the Cooks River – 28 February 2026

I decided to visit the Cooks River to see what birds were around. I caught a bus along Illawarra Road, and was soon walking down along the south bank of the River. I was planning on meeting Sue, who was … Continue reading

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Mainly Kingfisher at Wolli Creek – 24 January 2026

In the morning, I visited Wolli Creek Regional Park in order to get some more photos of the breeding Sacred Kingfishers. On this visit, I didn’t see any visits to their nest hollow, so I assume chicks have fledged.

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Wolli Creek Kingfishers – 18 January 2026

I visited Wolli Creek Regional Park, near Earlwood, to spend more time photographing the nesting Sacred Kingfishers again. It was a good visit as the birds were quite active in bringing food to their nest. Not long after I arrived, … Continue reading

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More Wolli Creek Birds – 31 December 2025

I made another trip to visit some of the birds in Wolli Creek Regional Park. Here are some photos –

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Wolli Creek Birds – 28 December 2025

I visited Wolli Creek Regional Park to photograph birds. I stayed mainly near the Bray Avenue Wetlands and Paperbark Creek. I could hear quite a few birds around Paperbark Creek, but none came out of the scrub for photos, so … Continue reading

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Nurragingy Reserve – 9 October 2025

Sue joined me for a very peasant day at Nurragingy Reserve. The day was forecast to be hot, so we arrived early and left for home in the early afternoon. On this visit it was the newly returned Sacred Kingfishers … Continue reading

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Cooks River Birds – 23 August 2025

In the afternoon after the Greenway Bird Survey, I visited the Cooks River , the section from Illawarra Road to Gough Whitlam Park for some more birds photography. Here are some of the birds I photographed –

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More Cooks River Birds – 5 August 2025

I returned to the Cooks River – between Illawarra Road and Gough Whitlam Park to continue with the bird photography from the previous afternoon. When I walked down, I did not see any Sacred Kingfishers in their usual perches. Here … Continue reading

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Cooks River Birds – 4 August 2025

After my very poor fungi walk down Wolli Creek in the morning, I decided to pack my bird camera for an afternoon walk along the Cooks River to see what birds were around. I walked downstream from Illawarra Road to … Continue reading

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Cooks River Birds – 26 July 2025

it had been a dull morning while I had been on the Greenway Bird Survey, but in the afternoon the weather fined up nicely, so I headed out for some local bird photography along the Cooks River. It was a … Continue reading

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