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Han Van Den Heuvel

<hr><h3 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#008000;">A PHOTO ESSAY</span></h3><hr><h4><span style="color:#008000;">HAN VAN DEN HEUVEL</span> is an avid naturalist and photographer, and here he shares with us his love of the local native birds.</h4><hr><p style="text-align:justify;">Ever since my retirement in 2016, I have been able to spend more time in nature doing what I enjoy – taking photos of birds and bees. I am very lucky to live in a house that borders on Allenby Park Reserve in the northern beaches district of Sydney. The variety of birds visiting our backyard is enormous. I sit on the back veranda with my camera and wait for the birds to come by. Believe me, it is not as easy as it looks to get a good picture!</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Planting natives like grevilleas in our backyard attracts birds like the Rainbow Lorikeet and the Red Wattlebird. Even at night I get visits from the nocturnal Tawny Frogmouth.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Allenby Park is home to a flock of about 30 Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. They fly graciously through the park and make a lot of noise. Walking through the reserve, I come across the Eastern Yellow Robin, the Eastern Spinebill, and the Variegated Fairy-wren. I have also taken photos in the Pilliga Nature Reserve about 300 kilometers north of Sydney, and at Dee Why beach not far from our home.</p><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Eastern_Yellow_Robin_ebcde668b3.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:35:26.143Z" alt="Eastern Yellow Robin">/p&gt;</p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Eastern Yellow Robin</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Eastern_Spinebil_7f5243476f.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:35:26.393Z" alt="Eastern Spinebil">/p&gt;</p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Eastern Spinebill</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Sulphur_crested_cookatoo_2e64ec2c1e.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:43.130Z" alt="Sulphur-crested-cookatoo"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Sulphur-crested Cockatoo</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Laughing_Kookaburra_28cf2f143a.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.537Z" alt="Laughing Kookaburra"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Laughing Kookaburra</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Rainbow_Lorikeet_8c9b4866d3.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.487Z" alt="Rainbow Lorikeet"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Rainbow Lorikeet</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Australian_Magpie_0cac3bc876.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.554Z" alt="Australian Magpie"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Australian Magpie</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Baby_Butcher_Bird_fd540456bb.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:35:26.284Z" alt="Baby Butcher Bird">&gt;</p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Baby Butcher Bird</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Wattlebird_ec71cf9f77.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.579Z" alt="Wattlebird"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Wattlebird</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Royal_Spoonbill_fb3498cfe4.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.140Z" alt="Royal Spoonbill"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Royal Spoonbill</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Laughing_Kookaburra_closeup_198582e616.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.115Z" alt="Laughing Kookaburra closeup"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Laughing Kookaburra close-up</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Seagull_b1289b2aa9.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.278Z" alt="Seagull"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Seagull</h5><hr><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/Birds_of_Northern_Sydney_Variegated_Fairy_wren_db55346e14.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T12:38:44.373Z" alt="Variegated Fairy-wren"></p><h5 style="text-align:center;">Variegated Fairywren</h5><hr><hr><h4 style="text-align:center;">A Photo Essay by HAN VAN DEN HEUVEL</h4><hr>