Lydia had organised a morning walk along Wolli Creek and invited quite a few people to join her. As an enticement, she put on an amazing feast of food for everyone – at her house, along the way.
We met at Tempe Station, and then started walking up Wolli Creek. Crossing the Cooks River, we saw a number of Cormorants.
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorants
Here isa a Laughing Kookaburra at Waterworth Park –
From Lydia’s deck – we could observe a lot of small birds –
Silvereye
Red-browed Finch
And after morning tea, we continued upstream.
Robber Fly
Common Crow Butterfly
And nearby we found the larvae of the Common Crow Butterfly. It eats toxins from the plant to make itself poisonous to birds that may want to eat it.
And here is a native Blue-banded Bee –
We went through Turrella Reserve and walked up to the Grey-headed Flying Fox Camp –
And we continued to the rock climbing crag.
And then we re-traced our steps back downstream to Lydia’s house for part 2 of our feast.
Many thanks to Lydia for the invitation to join her on the morning.