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    • Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW

      During the school holidays, we decided to go to Flat Rock as we hadn’t been there for a few months. Flat Rock is a mecca for shorebirds. It is a rocky outcrop looking out off the water just outside Ballina and all sorts of rarities can turn up there. We got out of the car…

    • Belongil Creek Estuary, Byron Bay, NSW

      On Tuesday, the warm weather prompted us to pop down to Belongil Creek Estuary to see what birds were around the river mouth. We started off at the grassy area and walked over the sand dune down to the river mouth. On the way, we spotted a group of Australasian Swamphens feeding in the reeds…

    • Suffolk Lake, Suffolk Park, NSW

      I went to Suffolk Lake with my older cousin, Lola, and, trust me, this place has a lot of birds. We arrived at the lake and were greeted by Scaly-breasted Lorikeets with their emerald plumage and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos. We kept walking and saw a Pacific Black Duck and some Dusky Moorhens. Australasian Grebes ducked…

    • Victoria Park Nature Reserve, Alstonville, NSW

      We went to Victoria Park for Russet-tailed Thrush, Noisy Pitta and Wompoo Fruit Dove. We weren’t disappointed. We arrived and immediately saw a Pale-yellow Robin peeping out from behind a tree. The forest was dark, so we had extremely slow shutter speeds and high ISO. We walked around the bend and spotted an Eastern Yellow Robin…