Joint Bird Mobbing Party – The Powerful Owls
Thankfully my wife and visiting grandson managed to have a walk in our local nature reserve on a day that rain was predicted, but unexpectedly turned out to be a […]
Honeyeaters – Australia Has The Most Species !
This week my focus is on Australia’s 76 + species of birds we classify as Honeyeaters or Nectar eaters, which makes it the country with the largest variety of species […]
A Quiet Winter Walk
Taking a walk in our local Nature Reserve my wife and i noted how quiet the Winter forest was in the non breeding season when many of the birds are […]
Birds Taking Time-Out – Reflect On These Things
This week I introduce my third book release Reflect On These Things – Practical Meditations Gleaned from Australia’s Amazing Birds. Unlike my previous two books, this is distinctively a Christian […]
Sharing the Love – The Mistletoebird
This week I focus on a bird that is endemic to Australia yet I seldom post but is quite unique and remarkable in how it spreads the Mistletoe which is […]
Birding on Norfolk Island – The Critically Endangered Norfolk Island Green Parrot
This week we focus on Norfolk Island, an island under the rule and serviced by Australia, even though it sits some1,677 km (1,042 miles) away from Sydney out in the […]
Seasonal Nectar Provision – The Eastern Spinebill
Taking another walk through our local park and meeting several birding couples was a great delight. It was great to see the male Powerful Owl with the remains of last […]
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 […]
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