Our trips to Newington Nature Preserve (July 28, 2015) and Manly (July 30, 2015), Sydney Australia.
While waiting at Circular Quay for the ferry to Newington Nature Reserve, near Olympic Park on Wentworth Point I stopped for coffee and captured this early morning shadow.
Australian magpie seen strolling along the banks of the Parramatta River at Newington Reserve.
Just South West of Newington Nature Reserve is the Narawang Wetland by Hill Road.
There we saw Eurasian Coots.
Further along the path at Narawang Wetland.
Why does a Purple Swamphen cross the tracks?
To get to the other side of course.
Back at the Quay I photographed these large ferns.
At my mothers and sisters flat at Rushcutters Bay a Laughing Kookaburra sang by the balcony.
A couple of days later we went to Manly. This stone crab sits in Lagoon Park.
View of Manly Lagoon.
It is still winter in Sydney and the beaches are mostly empty. This little girl was alone on the beach.
As we walked along the promenade I saw this Common Myna eating an apple core.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoos like to feed on the pine seeds. They are not shy and travel in noisy gangs.
Surfers go out all year long. To the right is a pair of dolphins.
You might be able to just make out that this is a Bottlenose Dolphin.
Second posting for the Sydney trip. More to come.
Sherry Felix - port4u 
You have keen eye! Great shots!
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What a wonderful country for wildlife and nature! Thanks for sharing this, the Bottlenose dolphin is a lovely addition to see 🙂
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Ah the winter light in Sydney, very different from the summer light
love the Shadows at Circular Quay and the Stone Crab
the kookaburra looks like a very young one
Looking forward to more photos of your trip to Australia
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Thank you Lee.
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I really enjoyed this Australian visit with the laughing kookaburra, Sherry — waiting for the ferry, the beaches in winter, the wetlands, and of course the birds. Although I really liked all your photos, the first one with the shadows really grabbed me. Thank you. 🙂
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Gorgeous photos :-). I love the birds. So nice to see a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo in the wild. And interesting to see “different versions” of birds I see here, like the magpie and the coot. Looks like you had a beautiful trip.
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Thanks Myiam. I only had one day for real birding in the month. Sydney does have quit a few local wild birds that are great to watch.
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