Birding Date at the Zoo – Regent Honeyeater
It was a beautiful crisp Autumn day once more and my wife suggested that we visit our local Taronga Park Zoo overlooking the beautiful Sydney Harbour. After catching the train […]
Nesting Time Again – Return of the Powerful Owl
Yes, it is that time again when the Powerful Owl nests annually in the same tree in our local Nature Reserve. We knew to start looking about now and we […]
Beautiful Tiny Birds – The Firetail Finches
Last week my post featured the amazing Zebra Finch, one of the most studied birds in the world, Finches are primarily small seed eaters (granivores), being mainly grass seeds. Though […]
A Beautiful Autumn Day – The Zebra Finch
It is most enjoyable to experience a week of lovely mild sunny blue sky Autumn days, a change from the unseasonable weather on the past months. We have been told […]
Autumn Riverside Walk – The Oystercatchers
On another of our beautiful warm crisp Autumn afternoons my wife and I took a walk along the rivers edge in Botany Bay to see if all the migratory waders […]
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 […]
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