Master Sleuth of the Night – The Powerful Owl (Part 2)
My wife and I returned a week later to revisit the Powerful Owl nest we posted last week, to find the male sitting in the same tree well back hidden […]
An Unexpected Find – The Powerful Owl
As one week elapses since my recent surgery, we thought it time to take a walk in our local birding park, so we set off and commenced walking on our […]
Bird Blessings – Another Autumn Birding Date
Another glorious Autumn day and an opportunity to seize the day and get in another birding date and a long healthy walk among tall trees. We packed our turkey and […]
Enjoying the Birds in Western Sydney – An Autumn Birding Date
On a beautiful warm Autumn day my wife and I drove to a birding spot in western Sydney called Wianamatta Nature Reserve, which is managed by NSW National Parks. This […]
Anzac Day Picnic with the Birds
Anzac Day is a sacred day to Aussies and Kiwis, as we commemorate those who gave their lives for our freedom during the many wars over the last hundred and […]
Australia’s Beautiful & Varied Rosellas
This week we will take an aside from my normal posts to highlight the beautiful and varied plumage of a class of bird in our Parrot family genus: Platycercus, meaning […]
Our Fast Thinking Feathered Friends – The Brown Gerygone.
Yesterday my wife and I took a walk in our local Royal NP (the Nasho) after several weeks. It was a perfect Autumn day for a walk and thankfully our […]
A Most Splendid Birding Date – 3 Species of Cockatoo Feeding Together.
Last Tuesday after the Easter weekend, on a most splendid Autumn day, feeling much better, I took my wife on a Birding Date, and much needed walk along the waterfront […]
A Healing Bird Walk – Appreciating The Cleverness of Birds
Some of my followers may have wondered why my posts have been a bit scant of new material of late. Sadly, this has been to my poor health and current […]
Birds Know How to Play and Have Fun – Australia’s Corella Families.
Australia has three out of the six species of Corella found in the world. The Little, the Long-billed and the Western Corella are endemic to Australia and are subspecies of […]
Birding the Devastated Bushfire Areas of the South Coast NSW
My wife and I recently spent some time exploring the coastal areas of the south coast of our state which were gravely affected by the devastating bushfires of the recent […]
Rain Ruined Reserves – The Resilient Ones
The recent torrential rain event devastated the tracks and river banks of our local National Park, as it did other parks and reserves in the area. Deep gouging, flooding and […]
Delightful Backyard Birdbaths – Caring for Your Locals
Good Birding requires both sound hearing and sharp eyesight, as explained on my 5 Steps to Better Birding page. Sadly for myself over the last few months the visual aspect […]
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 […]
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