Centennial Park is a large public, urban park that occupies 220 hectares in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The Park forms part of the larger Centennial Parklands which comprises about 360 ha. Two of the most interesting things for me were the lakes and the variety of water fowl and birds and the immense colony of grey-headed flying fox bats. These are endemic to the south-eastern forested areas of Australia. It is the largest bat in Australia with adults having an
average wingspan up to 1 m (3.3 ft) and weighing up to 1 kg (2.2 lb).
The head and body length averages 253 mm (10.0 in).
One of the things about blogging is the reading that one does when looking up things bout which one is writing. In this case I became fascinated by the bats because in the evening the sky over parts of Sydney is absolutely filled with these huge creatures as they migrate from their roosts to their eating places - they eat fruit and flowers. The bats of Sydney even have their own website (perhaps I should say a website devoted to them to be correct).
One of the things about blogging is the reading that one does when looking up things bout which one is writing. In this case I became fascinated by the bats because in the evening the sky over parts of Sydney is absolutely filled with these huge creatures as they migrate from their roosts to their eating places - they eat fruit and flowers. The bats of Sydney even have their own website (perhaps I should say a website devoted to them to be correct).
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| Immature Moorhen |
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| Hardhead Duck (back) and Wood Duck (front), |
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| Australian Wood Duck |
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| Black Swans |
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| Moorhen |
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| Hard Head Duck |
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| Black Swan |
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| Cormorants |
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| Darter |
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| Pied Cormorant |
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| Darter and Pied Cormorant |
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| Ibis |
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| Pied Cormorant nesting colony |
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| Grey Headed Fox Bat (Fruit Bat) |
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| Grey Headed Fox Bat |
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| Grey Headed Fox Bat |
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