The Colours of Spring – The Rainbow Lorikeet
Spring has sprung again here down under in Australia, and once again the native flowers drip with loads of nectar proving food for our over 76 species of Honeyeater. One […]
Spring ! Breed’n Seas’n – Superb Fairy-wren
The bush is alive with sound once more as breeding season begins for the smaller to medium sized passerines. We do include Cockatoo and Lorikeet which have a longer period […]
12 Year Anniversary of aussiebirder.com
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 […]
A Walk In A Rainforest – Rainforest Birds
This week we will focus on our east coast rainforest area where we see the the three main foraging birds the Superb Lyrebird, the Bassian Thrush and the Australian Logrunner. […]
Unexpected Finds – Sunday Afternoon BirdWalk
Sunny Sunday Afternoon and my wife suggested a walk in our local park for some much needed exercise, and so off we went. Our first sighting from the footbridge was […]
A New Life Appears ! – One Powerful Owl Owlet
After two years of nesting failure for our resident Powerful Owl we rejoice to report one juvenile owlet has finally emerged from the nest, however it appeared to be alone, […]
Riverbank Surprises – Bar-tailed Godwit
Another amazing warm crisp blue sky winters day for a walk with my wife and our friend, so we decided to walk along the riverbank as my wife’s foot was […]
Some Mid-North Coast Birds – Raptors
Last week my wife and I visited my four grandchildren on a round trip of the mid-north coast and Hunter Region of NSW. We sighted several raptors among other birds […]
A Riverside Walk – Warm Winter Weather
We have been blessed with some warm crisp Winter days emerging from quite cold mornings. We are thankful for the warm sun as it relaxes and cheers us as the […]
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 […]
