Wee Jasper NSW Birds Part 3 - Olive-backed Oriole, White-throated Treecreeper, Rufous Whistler, Willie Wagtail and others

The final post of the birds from Wee Jasper for this year. For the most part I'll just put up the photos but a few need a word or two.

The first is this Olive-backed Oriole who had caught a grub. The Oriole is one of those birds when I hear their call I know I've heard it before, but perhaps because it is not a usual bird around my local area, always have trouble picking what it is to start with. They normally aren't too hard to spot if you spend any length of time in the area, and I usually connect the call and the sighted bird together.

Olive-backed Oriole

White-throated Treecreeper

Rufous Whistler

 juvenile

Willie Wagtail

the photo below is of the Willie Wagtail parent feeding its two chicks. The unusual part is the placement of the nest, beautifully shaded, but overhanging the river, precarious for that first flight.

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

(really enjoyed the look in this one when it was preening its tail feathers)

European Goldfinch

Australian Wood Ducks on the road to Micalong

Dusky Woodswallows

Pied Currawong

Masked Woodswallow

Laughing Kookaburra

Red-browed Finch

Water Dragon

Tawny Frogmouth

White-browed Woodswallow

White-browed Woodswallow being harassed by a Willie Wagtail

As you can see, the variety of birdlife at Wee Jasper is vast and well worth a visit. Our family does it every year!

Wee Jasper NSW Birds Part 2 - smaller birds - Eastern Yellow Robin, Superb Fairy-wren and White-browed Scrubwren

The smaller birds of Wee Jasper are just as busy as small birds anywhere else, thornbills, mistletoebirds, scrubwrens, all hopping around busily both in the trees and on the ground looking for insects.

One of the friendlier species can be the Eastern Yellow Robin. I met these at close quarters at Micalong Creek and Swinging Bridge and took the following photos.

Eastern Yellow Robin

this one was coming into its full adult plumage

The Superb Fairy-wren is a species that was prolific around the south eastern parts of Australia we visited. I will post some videos taken by my son Moses soon and put its link in this blog post, but until then, here are some of the photos I took:

Superb Fairy-wren

Female 

Male

The final small bird for this post is the White-browed Scrubwren. I have found these birds quite difficult to photograph on occasions, and at other times they can be quite accommodating. Below are some of the photos taken by the latter type:

White-browed Scrubwren

The various Cockatoos of Wee Jasper NSW - photos

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Gang Gangs and Sulphur-crested Cockatoos all graced the skies and trees around Wee Jasper, not to mention pierced the ear-drums every now and then. we normally see lots of Little Corellas as well but not so this time.

The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were generally either at the tops of the pine trees, or soaring hundreds of metres above the valley floor, but occasionally I saw some sitting in lower branches of trees:

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos

The Gang Gangs are a species I haven't seen too often and was glad to see some come close enough for a few photos:

Gang Gang Cockatoos

The Sulphur-crested Cockatoos screeched down the river and then back up the river every now and then, but again, often settled on the tops of the trees. Here were some that were a bit closer.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos