Booderee, Australia

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Australia, Booderee National ParkBooderee NP stretches along the cool, clear waters of 
Jervis Bay (really the Coral Sea) on the south coast of 
NSW. Booderee means 'bay of plenty' or 'plenty of fish' 
in the language of the Aboriginal community that administers
 the park. The forest is dryish, with many varieties of tall 
eucalyptus, or gum trees. Because it's so open, it was easy 
to spot birds here, and we had our first glimpses of many 
that became favorites. (Well...actually...of the 140-plus 
species of birds we saw in OZ, nearly all became favorites!)

 

Australia, Booderee National Park..birding

 

 

Take the laughing kookaburra, for example. Ask the average 
person to name an Australian bird, and it will likely be this 
rascal. Kookaburras like to hang out together high in the 
tree canopy, chortling, guffawing and rolling helplessly on 
the branches in uncontained mirth. You just have to 
wonder where they get all their comic material. On the 
other hand, maybe they were just laughing at the silly 
tourists craning their necks, switching endlessly from 
cameras to binoculars and back.

 

Australia, Booderee National Park

Australia, Booderee National Park - forest hiking

 

Blackened tree trunks--evidence of 
bush fires--are numerous in many forests 
of New South Wales. Fire is, of course, 
part of the natural cycle. Sometimes, 
especially during El Niño years, wildfires
 sweep through vast expanses of woodland 
and forests. Some forests regenerate fairly 
quickly, while others take many, many years.

 

 

 

Australia, Booderee National ParkAustralia, Booderee National Park - birding Australia

 

Australia, Booderee National ParkAustralia photo

 

Australia, Booderee National Park - beach hiking  

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