Category Archives: Birds

Powerful Owl at Cheltenham – 7 July 2019

I was fortunate to be able to photograph a magnificent Powerful Owl at Cheltenham recently. It is the male of a nesting pair. The female was not visible at the time, it was sitting on eggs in a nest hole … Continue reading

Posted in Birds | Tagged | Leave a comment

More Ferndale Park Fungi and Lane Cove River Ospreys – 5 July 2019

This was another interesting day looking for fungi at Ferndale Park at Chatswood and then continuing down Swaines Creek to the Lane Cove River and some more photography of Ospreys. It was really the repeat of a trip I had … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Nature, Sydney | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Birds at the Northern Beaches – 1 July 2019

I spent an amazing day of bird photography in the Northern beaches area. The main bird I photographed were Eastern Ospreys. I caught a B-line bus to Warriewood and walked to one of the sporting fields near Narrabeen Lagoon where … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Photography, Sydney | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Birds at Barton Park – 29 June 2019

I spent an interesting afternoon at Barton Park photographing the birdlife. It was a good day for raptors. I cycled there, and first visited the Landing Lights Wetland. It was quiet. The quietest I have ever seen it. No ducks, … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Photography, Sydney | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Fungi at Ferndale Park and Ospreys on the Lane Cove River – 27 June 2019

I had an interesting day in the Lane Cove Valley. I started out at Ferndale Park at Chatswood, where I checked out the fungi. Then I continued down the track along Swaines Creek to the Lane Cove River and then … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, Sydney | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Malabar Headland – Birds and Whales – 26 June 2019

I spent a very pleasant day out at Malabar Headland National Park. It is whale watching season, and I ddi see quite a few whales. I also saw that both Peregrine Falcons were around – it must be their breeding … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, Sydney | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Tasmania – Birds Near Ulverstone 9 – 23 June 2019

While I was visiting my sister and brother in law, I took the opportunity to photograph some of the local birdlife. Many of these birds were photographed in their yard, others were photographed on the coast near their place at … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Photography | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Birds at the Northern Beaches – 3 June 2019

I had a very pleasant and interesting day at the Northern beaches photographing birds. I started by catching the B-Line Bus to Warriewood, and walking out to the Wetlands and then through Irrawong Reserve to Irrawong Falls and then back. … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Photography, Sydney | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Malabar Headland – Birds, Whales and Dolphins – 29 May 2019

I spent a quite relaxing day visiting Malabar Headland National Park. It is now the whale watching season and I was hoping for a few whales. I was also on the lookout for raptors and honeyeaters. It was a sunny, … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, Sydney | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Birds at Tempe – 28 May 2019

It had been a while since I had visited Tempe Wetlands. Looking back through my photos from the same period last year, I had photographed a lot of honeyeaters there. So I made another visit. Things, however were fairly quiet. … Continue reading

Posted in Birds, Sydney | Tagged , | Leave a comment