I made a short trip to the Cooks River to look for local birdlife. I had been told by Steve in a blog comment that there was a tawny Frogmouth nest on the south side of the river at Earlwood, so that was where I headed first.
It did not take long to spot the nest – in a fork in a Casuarina tree near the path. One of the parents was sitting on the nest very quietly. I didn’t find the other parent roosting nearby.
I then headed upstream to the Boat Harbour. I was looking for the Tawny Frogmouths there, but was swooped several times by a Butcher Bird so decided to move on.
At the Dog Area, I spotted one tawny Frogmouth perched in a tree. Nearby was a nest, in the same place I had seen one last year. It seems to have been rebuilt – but no birds were in the nest. It did seem to contain a few large seed pods. Perhaps left by another bird?
And it was good to spot a Figbird.
And a few of the other birds –
