Category Archives: Birds

Birds at Tempe, Barton Park and The Cooks River – 19 Feb 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Noble

More local birds. I was originally intending to go further away – eg to Oatley Park, but there was trackwork effecting the railway line to Hurstville, so I decided to use bus transport and stay closer to home. My first … Continue reading →

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Back to Birdwood Gully – 18 February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Noble

I decided to make another visit to Birdwood Gully at Springwood to see how the fungi was going. However I left out an important item of equipment – the camera and macro lens I use to take my fungi photos. … Continue reading →

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Bird Photography Bike Ride – Cooks River, Barton Park and Taren Point – 16 February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent an enjoyable but quite tiring day cycling along the Cooks River to Botany Bay, then along the foreshore cycleway to San Souci and then over the bridge to the Taren Point Shorebird Reserve and the nearby bird observation … Continue reading →

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Visit to Evatt and Poulton Parks – 15 February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was an enjoyable outing with Digi Dave to visit two parks in southern Sydney. We first visited H V Evatt Memorial Park and the Blackbutt Trail at Lugarno. After checking out the pond, we started off down the Blackbutt … Continue reading →

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Sassafras Gully – Fungi and Birds – 14 February 2022

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was another excellent excursion to visit Sassafras Gully at Springwood to check out the fungi and with a secondary aim of looking for orchids and photographing some of the bird life. I entered via the Sassafras Gully track and … Continue reading →

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Blue Mountains Weekend 12 – 13 February 2022

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Dave Noble

I was lucky to be able to join a group of friends staying up at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. I arrived in time for the evening BBQ at Enmoore’s place. Most of the group had been rock climbing during … Continue reading →

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Tempe Birds – 10th Anniversary – 12 February 2022

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Dave Noble

It was great to be able to join the Tempe Birdos for their monthly survey and also their 10th Anniversary. As usual, the group met at Tempe Wetlands, near the lower pond, before 8 am. Then one part of the … Continue reading →

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Lane Cove River Walk – Fungi and Birds – 9 February 2022

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Dave Noble

After the Greenway Bird Survey, I walked back to Lewisham Station and caught a train to Thornleigh. Then out to Thornleigh Oval where I set off along the Great North Walk track – down Lorna Pass to the Lane Cove … Continue reading →

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Greenway Bird Survey – 9 February 2022

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Dave Noble

This day was a bit like the previous one – an early morning bird survey followed by a visit to another location. This post will just deal with the bird survey – along The Greenway between Taverners Hill and Hawthorne … Continue reading →

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Birds at Barton Park – 8 February 2022

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Dave Noble

Earlier in the day, I had been on the local bird survey, then headed home during some rain. But around lunchtime it stopped raining and the Sun came out, so I headed out to Barton Park to see what birds … Continue reading →

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