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Recently my wife and I visited our nation’s capital Canberra to visit family and places where my books are sold. One of the activities we did with my wife’s sister and brother-in-law was to visit Mulligan’s Flat Woodland Sanctuary. This wildlife reserve is the only one in Australia that is totally enclosed with very tall electrical fencing to prevent the […]
It is always a delight to visit Oatley Park Reserve during the Spring months to see the new arrivals of the waterbirds, as well as passerines. Though there are less than the usual numbers of species breeding here this year. The added feature this year is a family of Australasian Grebe that many have been returning daily to view the […]
Finally, after several postponed holidays, due to Covid lock-downs, my wife and I made our way up the mid north coast for one precious week’s holiday, to an area where I used to live about ten years ago, where several of my family and friends live. We were so happy to finally embrace the grandchildren and see how they have […]
It has been delightful to walk through our local Oatley Park, hearing and seeing the returning migrant birds of the Summer months. Some of these are featured here below. The return of the Dollarbird is one example, and is easy to find as it always returns to the same dead tree tops every year, and its almost frog like classic […]
Finally, after 4 months my wife and I get to walk our favorite track again in the Royal National Park, known to locals as the Nasho. It was a beautiful warm day, and even after the week of heavy rain it had mostly dried up after the winds that followed. It was refreshing to hear the sound of Spring birds […]
While we continue in lock-down and the 5 km radius rule, we recently realized it also included our favorite local park Oatley Park Reserve. On previous walks here in the past few weeks there was hardly anything worth reporting, however, on our walks last weekend we were surprised to find a hive of activity, as my post will uncover. To […]
We continue in lock-down with rising numbers of infections and deaths due to Delta, as the rebels continue to spread it. This week as promised, I present Part 2 of my showcase on the Royal National Park, Sydney, Australia. This is commonly known to us locals as the Nasho. In all, I have presented 77 birds, in addition to which […]
As I sat quietly reflecting in our courtyard, absorbing the warm winter sun, enjoying my hot chocolate and Tim Tams, watching the bees harvest nectar from the Lavender flowers and smiling at the occasional Noisy Miner as it plunges into the birdbaths only a few feet away and shakes its butt as it trustingly watches me, I pondered on what […]
During the current lock-down we are entitled to a one hour walk each day. The problem is that people who normally do not grace our reserve came in large numbers in order to escape being inside all week, especially those with school children, as one more week of school holidays at home comes around the corner. This made it difficult […]
A couple of days before an unexpected sudden Covid lock-down I went for a health walk in our local Oatley Park Reserve, from which I have posted previously many times. To my surprise it was as if I was not aware of what season it actually was here, I could have mistakenly thought it was Spring or at least late […]
Last Friday my wife and I went for a birding date in the Royal National Park, it was a beautiful winter’s day, the only problem was as we walked along the track was the absence of different bird calls. The main call was the prolific Yellow-faced Honeyeater as small flocks scoured the tree canopy for lerps and blossom, constantly calling […]
Last Sunday afternoon my wife and I went on another birding date to our local Royal National Park, the world’s second declared National Park and later became the Royal in 1955 to honour of the queen’s 1954 visit to Sydney when she passed through it by train. As we walked along our usual walking trail, we noticed how quiet it […]
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