Category Archives: Birds

Fungi in Sassafras Gully – 4 April 2022

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Dave Noble

It had been a while since I had visited Sassafras Gully at Springwood to check out the fungi. I was also on the lookout for birds. The fungi turned out to be reasonable, but I had expected better. On this … Continue reading →

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Birds at the Central Coast Wetlands – 3 April 2022

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent a nice day at the Central Coast Wetlands (Old Pioneer Dairy) at Wyong. I saw aa good range of birds, but nothing too special or unusual. Here are some of the birds I saw –

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Sydney Olympic Park – Birds and Fungi – 30 March 2022

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was an afternoon trip to Sydney Olympic Park. I first went to Woo-la-ra to photograph the stinkhorns again that I had seen on my previous visit. These stinkhorns are Pseudocolus fuciformis. Here are some more photos –

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Hawthorne Canal Birds – 29 March 2022

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Dave Noble

The Hawthorne Canal has been an interesting place to photograph birds recently. On my previous visit, I had photographed a Sacred Kingfisher. I saw it again this time, and I also saw a Brown Goshawk. This was an afternoon visit … Continue reading →

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Back to Long Reef – 28 March 2022

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Dave Noble

The week before I had been to Long Reef and had a very good day photographing the birds. I was keen not go again, and this time was joined by Valerie and Sue. This time we had low tide around … Continue reading →

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Birds and Fungi at Oatley Park – 27 March 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Dave Noble

I had been to Oatley Park recently, and it was fairy soon for a repeat visit, but there was trackwork on many of the railway lines to other places, so that limited my options somewhat. So it was a bus … Continue reading →

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A Quick Visit to Sydney Olympic Park – 25 March 2022

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Dave Noble

I decided in the afternoon to make a visit to Sydney Olympic Park to look for some interesting fungi that others had seen there. I had a rough idea of the location, and it look worth taking a bike and … Continue reading →

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Birds at Barton Park and Sydney Park – 23 March 2022

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Dave Noble

I visited two places during the day – first going to Barton Park, then catching a bus up the road to finish at Sydney Park. It turned out to be a relatively quiet day.

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Birdwood Gully – Fungi, Orchids and Birds – 22 March 2022

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Dave Noble

The trains to the Blue Mountains were running again – at least to Springwood. So I decided that a trip up to look for fungi would be in order. However the normal mountains express trains were not running from the … Continue reading →

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A Good Afternoon at Long Reef – 21 March 2022

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Dave Noble

Some interesting birds had recently turned up at Long Reef Aquatic Reserve on the Northern Beaches recently and I decide to make a visit. The tide was forecast to be low around 5:30 so an afternoon visit seemed ideal. After … Continue reading →

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