Autumn Fruits – The Satin Bowerbird
Last weekend my wife’s family and us had a annual birthday celebration away. We were in the beautiful Blue Mountains. While we were there we watched daily as a family […]
An Autumn Bird Walk with a Friend – The Scarlet Honeyeater
We finally received a really lovely warm Autumn afternoon for a walk, so my wife and I asked a friend of hers to join us for a bird walk down […]
An Autumn Bird Date – Azure Kingfisher
We finally received a beautiful Autumn day amid the preceding unpredictable weather, so my wife and I decided on a birding lunch date in our local Royal National Park with […]
Exploring Capertee National Park – Where the Critically Endangered Regent Honeyeater Nest – Part 2
Continuing with our visit to the Capertee Valley, we had a day when it wasn’t raining to visit the actual locked Capertee National Park. This is where the Critically Endangered […]
Exploring Capertee National Park – In the World’s Widest Enclosed Valley – Part 1.
Last weekend while recovering from our recent illness my wife and I celebrated our wedding anniversary in the Capertee Valley in Gardens of Stone and Capertee National Parks staying at […]
Our Rainbow Birds – Rainbow Bee-eater & Rainbow Lorikeet
This week we will focus on two of our most colourful multi-coloured birds found here in the Summer months, both very different in most aspects except their beautiful coloured plumage. […]
Pardalote Parade – Australia’s Smallest Birds
The Spotted Pardalote is Australia’s smallest bird with a body length of only 8-10 cm (3.1-3.9 ins) and is one of the most difficult birds to observe since it feeds […]
Birding Between Weather Changes – Crimson Rosella
Praise the Lord ! I finally had a day that was worthy of birding for both me and the birds, however the bird numbers were not great for this time […]
Hooks on Beaks – Intelligent Design III
Another interesting aspect to Intelligent Design in bird morphology is the appearance of hooks at end of particular species of birds and what they are used for. As is the […]
The World’s Best Mimics – The Lyrebirds
Australia is blessed with some of the world’s best mimicry birds. Many of our endemic birds have the ability to mimic and understand the language of other bird species that […]
Purpose Built Nests – Intelligent Design 2
As the weather has not been the best for birding I thought it good to continue my thread on Intelligent Design, only this time with nesting variations among species. We […]
Purpose Built Bills – Intelligent Design
This week, after last weeks bizarre anti-birding weather, our focus is on the Intelligent Design variations in the bills of some of our fresh water waders . The feature photo […]
Reflect and Project – Clearing Our Heads for 2026
Between Christmas and New Year’s Eve we just wanted to get out of the house and be out in the fresh air again, so my wife and I took off […]
The Last Post 2025 – Australian Magpie Family
With Christmas gone and the New Year looming, it is time to play the last post for 2025, and what better way than to have a family tribute to my […]
Christmas Blessings – New Family Additions
Last week I featured some of the new seasons bird babies. Today’s post features some more we saw on our walk through the Nasho a few days ago. Firstly, the […]
Summer Babies Everywhere – In The ‘Nasho’
Taking a quiet walk in my local Nasho park, It was interesting that most of the birds I saw on the walk were juvenile, or at least they were being […]
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