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The reason many people visit Sydney - the Sydney Opera House and harbour bridge, viewed from a ferry |
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The reason I visited Sydney - Caitlin, my niece of 9 months age in March 2002. My brother, Jürgen, and his wife Kim, moved to Sydney in December 2000. This was my visit visit to Australia to visit them. |
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During my stay I was able to do much birding. Here is a small selection of birds I photographed in Sydney and as far as Canberra. Most of the waterbirds shown here were common in the larger parks in Sydney, including Centennial Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens. |
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Little Pied Cormorant, Centennial Park, Sydney |
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Australian White Pelican, Centennial Park, Sydney |
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Black Swan, Centennial Park, Sydney |
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I have my ducks in a row - Chestnut Teal, Hunters Valley, N of Sydney |
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Masked Plover, Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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Silver Gull, Sydney |
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Sydney has large tracts of eucalyptus woodland. This forest is a few minutes walk from the house Jürgen and Kim live in, in Cherrybrook, Sydney. It was strange seeing so many eucalypts in their natural state - at least in Australia they support many birds |
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Tawny Frogmouth, Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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Male Lyrebird foraging in the Minnamurra forest, S of Sydney |
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The house Jürgen and Kim live in - Cherrybrook, northern suburbs of Sydney. Parrots and a variety of other birds frequent gardens and parks |
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Crested Pigeon, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. A common, but pretty, pigeon |
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Laughing Kookaburra, Cherrybrook, Sydney - very tame, allowing close approach |
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Crimson Rosella, Murrays Beach, Booderee National Park, S of Sydney. The most common parrot in Cherrybrook |
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Botanic Gardens, Sydney - very noisy |
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Rainbow Lorikeet, Cherrybrook, Sydney - my favourite parrot species |
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Orb web spider with dragonfly prey. There were plenty of spiders around Sydney, including the poisonous Redback Spider |
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The Royal Botanic Gardens in central Sydney were a great place for birdwatching. "Please walk on the grass" is a welcome change to the usual sign |
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Pied Currawong, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, W of Sydney |
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Male Magpie-Lark, Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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Noisy Miner, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney - drinking water from a tap. I found two nests with chicks; most other species had finished breeding for the summer |
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Grey-headed Fruit Bat roosting in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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Ringing at Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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Adult male Superb Fairy-wren, Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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Grey Fantail, Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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Immature (red bill) and adult female Mistletoebird, Mt Annan Botanic Gardens, Sydney |
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View of Canberra Parliament House from the War Memorial. We spent two days and a night in Canberra, so that I could visit the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Association |
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Murrays Beach, Booderee National Park, about 300 km S of Sydney - tropical paradise |
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Bottlenose Dolphins in Jervis Bay. We had wonderful sightings of these dolphins - a group of about 80 are resident in Jervis Bay |
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View from Katoomba, Blue Mountains, W of Sydney. One of my last trips was to the Blue Mountains |
Will I be back? As soon as I have another free month! |
