Category Archives: Birds

More Peregrine Falcon Photography at Malabar Headland – 8 August 2019

It was time to make another visit to Malabar Headland National Park. My main aim was to try and photograph the breeding pair of Peregrine Falcons that are currently nesting on the headland. It was a reasonable visit. One of … Continue reading

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Bird Photography – Cooks River and Barton Park – 4 August 2019

This was a full day spent along the Cooks River. I started near the Boat Harbour and then cycled all the way to Botany Bay and back. I spent most of the time at Barton Park. Near the Boat Harbour, … Continue reading

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Bushcare at Barrenjoey – 3 August 2019

The bushcare group that I am in spent a morning weeding at Barrenjoey Headland. This is one of the regular places that we work at. After meeting up at the carpark near Pittwater Road, we then headed to the NPWS … Continue reading

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Birds at Sydney Park – 2 August 2019

I like to photograph the birds at local venues – areas near where I live. It is always interesting to see what birds are there, and also challenging to see if you can spot rarer and more exotic birds that … Continue reading

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Photographing Birds at the Northern Beaches – 1 August 2019

I spent a full and very pleasant day at the Northern Beaches area photographing birds. I travelled up by the B-line bus and then used local buses to move from site to site. My first stop was at a sporting … Continue reading

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Birds at Tempe – 30 July 2019

I spent an afternoon at Tempe – visiting the Tempe Wetlands and also Tempe Reserve looking for and photographing birds. The birds did not seem very active, so my photos were a bit limited. Here are some of my photos … Continue reading

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Back to Malabar Headland – 29 July 2019

This was another very good day of bird photography at Malabar Headland National Park. My main interest was the pair of resident Peregrine Falcons – but they didn’t appear active until close to 2 pm. So I spent the morning … Continue reading

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Birds at Barton Park – 27 July 2019

During the afternoon of 27 July, I went to Barton Park to see what birds were out. On my previous visits I had seen raptors out hunting in the afternoon. I was hoping to see some this visit. When I … Continue reading

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Out With the Dulwich Hill Birdos – 27 July 2019

I was able to attend a bird spotting survey with the local bird group at Dulwich Hill. They are part of the Inner West Environment Group. They have two surveys a month – one at the Greenway at Dulwich Hill … Continue reading

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More Birds from the Northern Beaches – 26 July 2019

I spent a quite busy day photographing the birds in the Northern Beaches area. I was also fortunate to spot a rather elusive bird – a Black Bittern, that I had been looking for without success on previous visits. I … Continue reading

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