The Cleverness of Birds – What Birds Think
This week I want to share some great reads highlighting recent research and interesting studies on our Aussie birds. As some of you know I have a Books on Birds […]
Collared Sparrowhawk Update – The Sacred (Collared) Kingfisher
My wife and I enjoyed another walk through our local reserve yesterday, and again it was quiet and the absence or reduction in numbers of small birds, other than Miners […]
Birding with my Granddaughter – Sharing Our Passion
This week my granddaughter from the country, spent time with us here in the city during her school holiday break. Last month two of my grandsons did likewise. This was […]
The Eerie Silence Continues- The Sparrowhawk Fledglings (Part 2)
Continuing from my last post, and a week of unseasonably cold, wild, wet windy weather like we have not seen this side of Summer, we decided when the sun finally […]
An Eerie New Year’s Day Birding Walk – The Collared Sparrowhawk
What a better start to our New Year than a New Years Day birding walk in our local Oatley Park Reserve. As we walked along the track we were both […]
Celebrate an Authentic Christmas – Keeping Christ in Christmas
As another Christmas comes around in what has been another challenging year for us all, and continues to be for many, it is an opportunity to refresh ourselves as to […]
Inland Summer Babies – Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga
As most of you know my wife and I take a 5 hour journey to the inland country city of Wagga Wagga several times a year to visit her family. […]
Migratory Shorebirds in Decline – The Eastern Curlew
The decline in migratory shorebird numbers is becoming alarming. The Eastern Curlew is but one of many shorebirds that has a conservation status of: Threatened. Fewer numbers are returning each […]
Migratory Wader Return Overdue – The Channel-billed Cuckoo
Being the first days of Summer, we thought it right that we should have a birding date walk and coffee, along the Georges River waterfront to check out the return […]
Being Aware of What Is There – Forest Therapy.
The weather has not been all that kind for birds here this Spring and many species we have previously seen in Spring have not returned, as I shared last week. […]
Where Are Our Waterbirds ? – Olympic Park Reserve
It was a lovely sunny day for a change after weeks of rain and wild weather so my wife and I took a birding date to Olympic Park Reserve, Sydney. […]
Birthday Birding Brekkie The Royal National Park
Some of my blog readers will recall in my last post how I mentioned our state government had back-flipped on a Conservation bill to protect Koalas. There is good news […]
Highlights of Port Macquarie – Birds and Koalas
During our time away house sitting in Port Macquarie on the Mid-North Coast of NSW we had the privilege of seeing family and friends. We also saw many Koalas, one […]
Why Do Aussie Birds Become Aggressive ?
This week my blog is an educational movie from my YouTube Channel, as I am not blogging for the next month. I hope you enjoy it, and it gives some […]
The Larrikin of the Air – The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is one noisy, raucous, at times crazy and destructive larrikin of a bird, which can be heard and seen performing its unwelcome, though sometimes humorous antics in […]
Beautiful Red Flower Seen from Afar – The Waratah
On the public holiday in memory of Queen Elizabeth II my wife and I took a walk in Bottle Forest in our local Royal National Park at Heathcote. My wife […]
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