Tag Archives: Sacred Kingfisher

More Cooks River Birds – 19 March 2025

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Dave Noble

Sue and Valerie joined me for a morning walk down a section of the Cooks River. We walked down from Illawarra Road to the Princes Highway. I arrived a bit earlier than the others, and walked down ashore way and … Continue reading →

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Back to Nurragingy Reserve – 24 February 2025

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Dave Noble

The previous recent visit to Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside had been outstanding opportunities to photograph the resident birdlife, so I was keen on another visit. Sue was also keen to come along. This visit proved to be a lot quieter … Continue reading →

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Nurragingy Reserve – 13 February 2025

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Dave Noble

Sue joined me for another visit to Nurragingy Reserve. We again had an excellent outing seeing a lot of interesting birds. First off, we went to the pond where we had seen Sacred Kingfishers feeding a chick at their nest … Continue reading →

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Nurragingy Reserve – 6 February 2025

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Dave Noble

Sue joined me for another excellent day spent at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. We saw a variety of birds, including observing both Azure Kingfishers and Sacred Kingfishers. Here are some photos from our visit –

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 26 January 2025

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Dave Noble

Sue joined me for a day visiting Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. She had never visited this Reserve and we both enjoyed a very good day. We caught a train to Doonside, and then walked the short distance into the Reserve. … Continue reading →

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Nurragingy Reserve – 20 October 2024

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Dave Noble

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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Visit to Nurragingy Reserve – 11 October 2024

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Dave Noble

Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside is one of the places I like to visit regularly, but it had been a while since my last visit. So I thought it about time to see what was there. I had a very good … Continue reading →

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Cooks River Birds – 31 July 2024

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Dave Noble

I spent the morning on the Cooks River – between Illawarra Road and Gough Whitlam Park. The highlight of this visit was observing the resident Sacred Kingfisher for a fair time. When I walked down from Illawarra Road, I spotted … Continue reading →

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Cooks River Birds – 21 July 2024

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Dave Noble

I was heading to a nice luncheon at Earlwood. It was at a townhouse near Waterworth Park, so I walked there along the Cooks River with enough time to look for and photograph some birds. Here are some birds I … Continue reading →

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Cooks River and Barton Park Birds – 6 April 2024

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Dave Noble

The day and evening before had been very wet. But I woke up to fine morning – so I headed down to the Cooks River for a walk, and to see what birds were out. The path along the river … Continue reading →

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