Boy's Walk never ceases to surprise me. Just when i think that birds are getting pretty scarce, ew get a pair of White-bellied Sea-eagles resting in the dead trees near Pinetree corner.
I have always found White-bellied Sea-eagles difficult to approach on land. Today I was able to get quite close and would have probably got closer except a cyclist rode past me while I was photographing them. I normally don't mind, but when I'm in the act of photographing, I wish cyclists would respect what I am doing and wait for a few moments.
The eagles have been around for a couple of weeks. Carmel has seen them on Sandy Creek and John Doubikin has also seen them where these ones are.
These White-bellied Sea-eagles are mature adults so I'm assuming they are a breeding pair. I need to keep my eyes (and ears) open to see if they are nesting in the area. I know that they nest over near the Power-station at Eraring, but the fact that this pair has been around for a while may mean that they are staking out a new territory.
Of course our old friends the Yellow Robins were flying around nearby and getting in the road like they always do. They always seen to be posing and asking to be photographed.
There were quite a few Magpies around today. I was able to get good photographs of the both an adult bird (black and white) and an immature bird (grey and white)
I don't know when Cockatoo nesting actually begins but there was a lot of yelling and screeching from the Sulphur-crested Cockatoos and the Long-billed Corellas this morning as they inspected holes in the old dead tree on the southern side of Dora Creek near the Swing Bridge.for all their noise, I am never sure that they actually use this tree for nesting. The Wood Ducks will often inspect the holes in this tree as well, but they were not in evidence today.
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