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Cooks River and Barton Park Birds – 6 April 2024

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Dave Noble

The day and evening before had been very wet. But I woke up to fine morning – so I headed down to the Cooks River for a walk, and to see what birds were out. The path along the river … Continue reading →

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Cooks River Birds – 2 April 2024

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Dave Noble

I spent an interesting morning on a section of the Cooks River – between Illawarra Road and  Gough Whitlam Park, trying to avoid some showers of rain. It seemed fairly quiet at first. Not too many birds about. It was … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 12 February 2024

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Dave Noble

It had been a few months since I had visited Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. I had been wanting to go for a fair while – but it had either been too hot or too wet, or something else was on. … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek Walk – 24 October 2023

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Dave Noble

I only had time for a short walk on this day, as I had spent a long time working at my computer processing photos of Peregrine Falcons from the day before. So I visited Wolli Creek Regional Park – and … Continue reading →

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Birds at Nurragingy Reserve – 27 February 2023

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Dave Noble

I spent a pleasant day at Nurragingy Reserve wandering around seeing what birds were present. When I go there, I usually look out for the Azure Kingfishers, and it’s been a while since I have spotted any. This visit I … Continue reading →

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Nurragingy Reserve – 16 January 2023

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Dave Noble

I thought it was about time to visit Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside again. I arrived there about 10 am and then started wandering around. It seemed pretty quiet. I first looked in the main ponds in the garden section. There … Continue reading →

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Nurragingy Reserve – 14 October 2022

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Dave Noble

I spent another nice day at Nurragingy Reserve at Doonside. On these visits, I always aim to find and photograph the Azure Kingfishers. But again, I missed spotting them despite a lot of looking. I did see a pair of … Continue reading →

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Birds at The Cooks River, Barton Park and Sydney Park – 31 August 2022

Posted on September 4, 2022 by Dave Noble

This was another day of train and bus strikes, so I decided to head off on my bike, cycling along the Cooks River, and then out to Barton Park. From there, I intended to return via Tempe Reserve and along … Continue reading →

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Wolli Creek – Cooks River Walk – 23 August 2022

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dave Noble

Another day of Rail chaos. And this time, rain was forecast later in the day – perhaps late morning. So I decided on another local trip and caught a bus to Bexley North and set off down the Two Valleys … Continue reading →

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Birds and Bats – Wolli Ck and Cooks River – 30 July 2022

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Dave Noble

After the fungal survey, I decided to walk home via the Two Valleys Track – from Girrahween Park on Wolli Ck – to Waterworth Park, at the junction of the Cooks River, then I walked up the Cooks River to … Continue reading →

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