Juvenile Birds Out-n-About (Part 2) – The Royal NP
The hot humid days and nights have been unrelenting these week, and cooler temperatures and much more rain are rolling in as I write this post. Birders here are trying […]
Juvenile Birds Out-n-About – Oatley Park Reserve
On our Australia Day holiday yesterday, my wife and I went for a pre-sunset date in our local reserve, catching the view across the river as we enjoy some dip […]
Whetting an Appetite for Birding – Friends and Family
After 2 years of Covid restrictions we finally were able to have two of my grandsons stay over with us for 4 days, even amid the third more infectious and […]
If You Wait, They Will Come – The Azure Kingfisher
Last Sunday my wife and had breakfast at our favorite National Park cafe with a friend my wife calls her laughing friend, which is how she first introduced us. As […]
New Years Birding Blessings – Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga.
My wife and I spent New Years Eve and the following days in the country city of Wagga Wagga, NSW (pronounced: Wogga Wogga) which means the place of many Crows […]
Happy and Healthy New Year to All
My wife and I pray all my dear followers a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year for 2022. Thank you all for your encouragement and support over this very challenging year. I would finish the year sharing our latest arrival, for the first time in our backyard, as the local Kookaburra family have finally been granted permission by the Noisy […]
There was a better time and their will be – A Time of Refreshment
To finish off this unusual year of pandemic, now closing in its second, entering its third, I share a simple but timely post, asking as many are: Is God trying […]
Unexpected Blessings in a Morning Walk – The Striated Heron
This Spring, due to Covid restrictions and wet windy weather, I had not been checking our migratory waders as regular as usual. Some weeks ago I managed to check out […]
Mulligan’s Flat Woodland Sanctuary – The Superb Parrot
Recently my wife and I visited our nation’s capital Canberra to visit family and places where my books are sold. One of the activities we did with my wife’s sister […]
New Spring Arrivals to Oatley Park – The Australasian Grebe
It is always a delight to visit Oatley Park Reserve during the Spring months to see the new arrivals of the waterbirds, as well as passerines. Though there are less […]
Our Birding Escape – Beautiful Encounters Part 2
Last week I shared the first part of our time in the Mid North Coast NSW area around Forster. On the last couple of days we drove further north to […]
Our Birding Escape – Beautiful Encounters: Part 1
Finally, after several postponed holidays, due to Covid lock-downs, my wife and I made our way up the mid north coast for one precious week’s holiday, to an area where […]
Spring Birding in Oatley Park – Return of the Dollarbird.
It has been delightful to walk through our local Oatley Park, hearing and seeing the returning migrant birds of the Summer months. Some of these are featured here below. The […]
Spring Birding in the Nasho – The Royal National Park
Finally, after 4 months my wife and I get to walk our favorite track again in the Royal National Park, known to locals as the Nasho. It was a beautiful […]
Freedom at Last – But Too Wet to Bird
Having finally come out of over 3 months lock-down here in Sydney, my wife and I decided to celebrate with a breakfast at our local National Park cafe, which we […]
Australian Self-Published Author
Australian Self-Published Author A treatise on the subject by W. A. Hewson First a note to my blog followers who normally receive posts on Australian birds. This is a one off post which was written during lock-down to answer the queries of those who have asked for tips on publishing their first book. The aim of this presentation is to […]
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