The weather hasn't been good for a while now. Frustrating that is! However, we reminded our northern German ancestry (hoping evolution made our skin waterproof) and went out anyway. A day trip to the Olympic Park up Paramatta River turned out very nice as we had some one or two moments of sunshine and heaps of interesting birds, mangroves (incl. crabs), spiders and the biggest (though unfortunately very small) population of the Green and Golden Bell Frog in New South Wales which we did not see but the calls were everywhere and reminded me a bit of Gunung Mulu on Borneo.
Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus) A breeding male. Wonderful, isn't it?
A young but not unimpressive Huntsman spider (Sparassidae) hiding behind Eucalyptus bark.
Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) landing.
This small bank was full of birds: Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea), Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius) and an escaped House Goose.
Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) male at the corner of the street.Back we went with the ferry and even though we got a bit wet, our skin did its job and we are hoping for some good weather to come the next weekend!
Cheers!
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