I spent a very interesting day along parts of the Cooks River looking for and photographing birds. I started out by cycling to the Tempe Wetlands.
I was on the lookout for honeyeaters – but I did not find all the species I had seen on my previous visit. Here are some that I did find –
New Holland Honeyeater –
White Plumed Honeyeater –
I did manage to see quite a few Spotted Pardalotes. Here are a few pictures –
Also quite a few Silvereyes –
And some Welcome Swallows
Superb Fairy Wrens –
Golden Whistlers –
Also a Grey Fantail –
Some of the other birds –
After visiting the Tempe Wetlands, I rode around Tempe Reserve. In the Alexandria Canal, I saw a Cormorant that had just caught rather a large fish. I stopped and photographed it manipulating the fish into a position so it could swallow it head first.
I then cycled along the Cooks River Cycleway to the Boat Harbour. On the way I passed another Cormorant –
At the Boat Harbour there where quite a few Cormorants and Pelicans. At the Cup and Saucer Wetlands there was a large flock of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos nearby –
I then moved down to watch the Cormorants.
It was interesting to see what I presume is courtship behaviour between two of the Cormorants. They started by touching their beaks. The one grabbed the other ones tail feathers. After a while, the second one did the same thing.
