Saturday, November 13, 2010

Gorokan

This morning we ambled along the shores of Tuggerah Lake just on sunrise. It was a beautiful clear day with the promise of heat. Flocks of birds flew over headed out to their foraging spots: Channel-billed Cuckoos, Galahs, Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Little and Long-billed Corellas, Koel, Little Wattlebirds, Crested Tern and Silver Gulls.

A group of around eighty Australian Pelican formed an island off-shore, with more coming to join them every minute.

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A Little Pied Cormorant emerged from an early fishing expedition and sunned himself on the end of the fence.

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Welcome Swallows buzzed over the surface of the water and perched on the jetty.

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Soldiers Point

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#2 Curlew Sandpipers
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#3 Ruddy Turnstones
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#4 Grey-tailed Tattler
149_1#5 Bar-tailed Godwit 
375_1 #6 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
586_1 #7 Red-necked Stint

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Budgewoi

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This little ‘lagoon’ of abandoned roadway is a great spot for walking the dogs, out of the mud that is most of the parks and reserves around here at the moment, with dense bush on both sides, and a swim in the surf at the turnaround point.

With the rain, the move and the end of semester marking and admin, there has not been a lot of time for bird photography, but the rain had been replaced by high cloud, so I took the camera out with us this afternoon.

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The mistletoe was in bloom, attracting newholland honeyeaters, and the brown thornbills were in every bush. Whipbirds called from deep in the undergrowth and red-whiskered bulbuls were feeding on the lantana. Variegated fairywren females flew in to investigate my phishing, but the brightly coloured males kept their distance.

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