For 12 years I have been blogging weekly about our beautiful and very clever Australian birds and for the last 11 years my first book “What Birds Teach Us” continues also to be my best seller, with its unique presentation not only teaching about our birds but using each bird to teach a valuable life skill or lesson. So we celebrate again as my third book begins its journey.

My first post was 10th September 2014 and was entitled “An Introduction to Birding“. For many years, until recently, I had several pages of helpful information for new birders and families wanting to enjoy the outdoors. The aim of my wife and I has been to encourage people, young and older to embrace the healthy pastime of birding as we know it, serious bird watching to novices. We continue touring all over our vast continent and its surrounding islands in search of more species. We love sharing our knowledge and finds with others either on the track, in my posts or in my talks.

As many of my faithful followers know, the Red-tailed Tropicbird is and has been my website avatar because this bird was the bird that caused me to move from landscape photography to studying and photographing Australian birds. This birds amazing aerobatic skills during courting as well as its ability to actually enjoy gliding in the strongest coldest winds around the rugged sea cliffs makes it an example of amazing endurance and resilience, being assisted by its two long red external streamers.

Click on the image below to find out more about this book “What Birds Teach Us” where you can see beautiful photos and learn more about the above bird as well as purchase the book securely online. This very high quality glossy A4 landscape sewn binding book in astounding colour was especially crafted for children of Primary school age and continues to be every practical gift idea for parents and grandparents year after year. I sell dozens of this book when I do signing days at our large local bookshop Harry Hartog at Miranda and the staff are always amazed at the number sold in one morning. As several booksellers have told me several times ‘the book sells itself‘.

Holding a Christian world view and being a qualified family counselor, I have sought to faithfully present what we believe to be positive and helpful truths for one to live a happy healthy life of peace and joy through knowing God our Creator as our true Father and Jesus Christ as our one true Saviour and true Friend, being empowered to love and live through the wonderful gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Though many turn away because of Jesus, the Truth does not cease being the Truth.

Jesus said: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life” no one comes to God the Father, except through faith and trust in him. Whether or not we choose to make our own truth, the true Truth remains unchangeably just that and will always have its consequences as the fear, double hopelessness and as the resulting out of control addictive behaviours bare testimony. The great healing and restorative mercy and grace of our loving God is because we do not have to be good enough, because none of us can, and God knows that. That’s why Jesus came to die in our place for the sins and rebellion of you and I. God loves us much more than we do others or even ourselves.

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Posted on 18 By aussiebirder Australian birds Posted in Australian birds
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My wife and I share a love of bird observing and bird photography which takes us all over Australia. We love sharing our experiences. Birds live in the beautiful parts of our country. We always get blessed with beautiful gifts of new birds and unexpected experiences each time we go out birding or just walking in the parks and reserves in our wonderful land. We love Australia, and the variety that each state and region offers in its wildlife and nature aspects. Join us in sharing our love. We have always found other birders enthusiastic and friendly people who appreciate the good things in life.

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  3. Hello Ash,
    Many Congratulations on 12 wonderful years. I’ve been a loyal follower since 2018 and sincerely look forward to many more years to come. Wishing you and your wife a blessed remainder of the week. (Thank you for your email. I also replied and wish you a lovely weekend!)

    • Thanks Takami for your faithful following of my blog and encouraging comments it gives great joy to us that it blesses you. I have many followers over the years but many have dropped off because of my faith focused messages. Enjoy your weekend my friend.

  4. Hello Ashley,
    Always impressive to see a blog that has sustained down through the years.

    I started with a program called iWeb, which in those days was part of the Apple iWorks package and managed on an Apple site. In typical fashion it produced the most creative sites with no need to understand any of the background.
    But, as they say times change.
    After several other iterations I transferred birdsaspoety.com to WordPress and that will be its last move.

    Enjoyed sharing some great birding moments with you and your family and your endeavours to bring people’s attention to the grand creation we can enjoy at so many levels.

    Keep up the good work, there is always one more bird to follow.

    • Thanks David, it has always been a pleasure viewing your posts and amazing photographic captures.
      Thanks so much for your encouraging comments they are so appreciated. We have had a struggle finding birds lately, just wondering where the spring birds have gone and where they are nesting. Hoping the season picks up and bird flue does not affect it as we have it in Sydney now. Enjoy your weekend my friend, maybe we will get to visit there again some day and actually visit the Western Treatment Plant.

    • Thanks Lee, I am encouraged by your comment as always I have enjoyed our shared blogging history and the wealth of learning I have gained from your posts in past years also. It is great hearing from you again.

  8. Congratulations on your 11th anniversary of blogging. You have produced many interesting and thoughtful articles. Especially honoring their Creator.

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