Birds snapped at Bobbin Head

Back to Bobbin Head

I went back to Bobbin Head (third time in a month!) with Charles to show him the sights and do some photography. It really is the most agreeable spot and particuarly great for taking close up photos of wild birds (as they are unusually tame). The kookaburra and sulphur crested cockatoos put on a great display for us.

Bark art (caused by the burrowing of caterpillars!!)



Sulphur crested cockatoo
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Rainbow lorrikeet



Bobbin Head River
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Friendly kookaburra
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Mushrooms
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Wallabies
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Synchronised swallows
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Cormorant
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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

Exploring Katoomba in the Blue Mountains

The Three Sisters

Looking up a tree (burnt in half but still alive and growing)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Crimson Rosella

Katoomba Railway - the steepest railway in the world

Beautiful butterfly

Venturing down the Giant Stairway - very steep!