Wonga Wetlands Albury - a set on Flickr--this is where I am at the moment

Wonga Wetlands Albury - a set on Flickr

Field of Mars this morning

early morning sunlight and mist

lorikeet at home – the bush has a quietness and you feel the brooding going on all around you – the brooding of warm eggs and the warmth of hope

so many of these tiny peaflowers emerging – the life forces bursting forth

 

At home in Field of Mars this morning

Fish mobile, bees and yellowness in FOM this morning

Possum at home this morning in Field of Mars

This possum was being pestered by a mob of little bush birds this morning – brown thornbills, white-browed scrub wrens especially.

Crimson rozellas at home also.

Collared Sparrowhawk in dense bush

 

 

Amazed to encounter a young collared sparrowhawk this morning in dense bush on the ground near my end of FOM.  I was only a few metres away. It immediately flew to a few other perches on its way out of the bush giving me a chance to get a blurry photo.  I was so surprised to see it in such a place.

Two brown goshawks flying around FOM this morning.

Rose Robin up my end of FOM with a feeding group incl.  variegated fairy wrens – the blue of the male so bright – brighter than the superb I think, grey fantails, brown thornbills, white-browed scrub wrens.

Adult Golden Whistler and calling young one following it around Sugarloaf Point.  The young one was also catching insects itself I noticed.

Crimson Rozella nest hole.

Birds courting and nest building

 

Wattle seedpods – flowers finish seeds emerge as life cycles continue in the bush.

This morning watched currawong collecting materials for nesting, grey fantails courting rituals, fairy wrens courting, kookaburra nesting in termite mound in tree, crimson rozellas near chosen nest hollow.

Family album of the urban eagle | The Daily Telegraph

Family album of the urban eagle | The Daily Telegraph

Frog rock

Sugarloaf Point mangrove area Lane Cove National Park

Does this look like a frog to you or am I ----

Test: can you draw a frog outline and does this rock fit it?

Notes today

Ravens – lots of around – particularly the waterhole.

Kookaburras nesting in the same termite nest as the sacred kingfishes last season. Golden Whistlers at Sugarloaf Point full range of calls.  The bush ringing with currawong calls and ravens. Various feeding parties with lots a calling.

NEW Bird this morning for me in Field of Mars

A new bird this morning in Field of Mars -first time I have seen one here-
Australian Brush Turkey - just one(not my image)

Early morning mist on Sugarloaf Point Lane Cove River

This morning first calling Fan-tailed Cuckoo Sugarloaf Point bush plus large feeding group including the usual---- brown thornbills, eastern robin, white-browed scrubwren, spotted pardalottes (quite a lot), silvereyes, grey fantail.

No White ibis around in the mangroves, etc. - off to breeding grounds?

Quite a few Crimson Rozellas.

Rainbow lorikeets very quite not much in evidence.

Eastern Whipbirds: there must be about four pairs spread around the Field of Mars now.

Lots of currawongs now around as expected.

Next time you walk a track in FOM take a close look at these Spider Grevillea emerging along the way – spectacular!!

Spring has sprung – buds galore, so many flowers coming

Eagle Cam with Live Fish

EagleCAM Sydney Olympic Park

http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/the-organisation/eaglecam.html
Check this link to follow happenings at the white-bellied sea eagle nest in Sydney Olympic Park.
Today an egg was laid in the nest.

Buffalo Creek after long period of rain – the color!

This morning the whipbirds were the highlight. Male and female a few metres away – calling to each other quite visible much of the time – the female didn’t answer every time the male called I noticed – a ten minute pleasure up my end of Field of Mars.

Feeding groups this morning: silver eyes, eastern robins, tree creepers, thornbills, grey fantails.

 

Sunlight this morning

enjoyed being in midst of feeding group – a regular event in FOM – grey fantail – I found delightful as usual just a couple of metres away for a long time with the other familiars – superbs, scrubs, red-browed,

seen quite a few crimson rozellas lately too

still lots of water on tracks and flowing and oozing out of the rocks.

Tadpoles

 

probably----Common Eastern Froglet Crinia signifera
These small frogs are only 2 to 3 cm long. They are rarely
seen but are heard in all parts of Sydney. They make a
“creek-creek” noise and occur anywhere where there is very
shallow water and somewhere to hide.

from:  http://www.fats.org.au/Publications_files/FF7%20April%202006.pdf