The sun's back

The sun is back

After almost a month of rain and rubbish the sun returned this weekend and so the opportunity to get back to the bush had to be seized. Fresh from his honeymoon, Jarrod joined me for a trip to the western edge of Sydney.

First stop was a patch of dry woodland in a bogan suburb where Speckled Warblers are apparently an absolute certainty. Not that much of a certainty it seems but there were several wallabies and kangaroos among the trees.

We then moved on to Bushells Lagoon where "hundreds" of Little Grassbirds have been sighted recently. I wonder if those responsible for those reports know what a Little Grassbird looks like. At least there were plenty of nice finches and great views of Peregrine Falcon and Azure Kingfisher.

Bushells Lagoon

We then went for a little drive after dark around the turf farms where many owls have been spotted in recent days. We found a fox.

Sunset

So three failures on the twitching front but good to get out again and great that the weather is finally on the improve.

Not an owl - the Airbus A380