Narrabeen and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

View of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
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Wonga Pigeon (new species)

Glossy Black Cockatoo (new species)

Bush Turkey
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Australian Magpie
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Eastern Rosella
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Kangaroo
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Mangrove Crabs
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Mangrove Heron
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Mallard ..
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Whitebellied Sea Eagle
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Royal Spoonbills
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Darter
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Sunday stroll at Deep Creek Reserve (Narrabeen)

Reflections
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White-faced heron .
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Male Splendid Fairy Wren courting his females

Azure kingfisher
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Willie Wagtail
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Eastern Whipbird (great new bird, despite poor photo)
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Place: Deep Creek Reserve off Wakehurst Parkway, Narrabeen

Channel-billed cuckoo

We had a wonderful, relaxing Sunday afternoon at Brendan and Eva. Had a good swim at their backyard beach, enyoyed delicious barbecued ribs, played with adorable little Ella - and to top things off, saw a new bird species from their balcony - a channel billed cuckoo. In fact, we saw two mating. Very exciting. Thanks Eva and Brendan. That's what you call true hospitality!
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Birding at Bicentennial Park

I had a successful morning of birding at the Sydney Olympic Park. Some of the land has been reclaimed including Belverdere Lake (part of Bicentennial Park). I got to take some nice pictures (see below) and also saw three new bird species: Chestnut Teal, Brown Honeyeater and Red Whiskered Bulbul.

Baby Stilts doing the ballet (aren't they cute!)

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Adult Stilts (nice reflection!)
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Welcome Swallow (saying goodmorning)
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Splendid Fairy Wrens (Females).

Male Superb Fairywren
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Red Whiskered Bulbul (beautiful)
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Brown Honeyeater 

.Silver Gull  
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Little Pied Cormorant

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Crested Pigeon

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Chestnut Teal

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Pacific Black Duck

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Willie wagtail.
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The lake where I took the photos

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Down the barrel of my lens.

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Sunday at Royal National Park

I went to the Royal National Park to search for Lyrebird and Satin Bowerbird. Much to my excitement, I saw both! Unfortunately I did not get a photo of the Lyrebird. An excuse to go back. The Royal National Park, established in 1879, is the second oldest national park in the world after Yellowstone in the USA. It is enormous so I focused my attentions on the lush Wattle Forest, a beautiful tranquil belt of forest along the Hacking River.
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Butterflies 

Sulphur Crested Cockato

Golden Whistler ..

Wood Duck.




Australian Raven

Purple Swamphen




Whitebrowed Scrubwren

Satin Bowerbird

Kookaburra




Pied Currawong.

New birds seen

• Satin Bowerbird
• Superb Lyrebird
• Golden Whistler
• Eastern Whistler
• Dusky Moorhen
• White-browed scrubwren
• Whitethroated Treecreeper