Autumn Birds – The Southern Boobook
In my last post I gave a glimpse of Australia’s smallest owl, the Southern Boobook (also known as a Mopoke), peeping from a nesting hole, which it had occupied before […]
Surprises in the Quiet Autumn Forest.
Finally, there came a day when I could walk in our favorite reserve after days of rain. While it was still overcast and my wife was busy teaching English for […]
A Perfect Team – The Australian Shelduck
This week following our Federal Elections we learn how important team work is to achieving our goals. I have previously referred to the excellency of the male Australian Wood Duck […]
The Beautiful Bird Books – Ten Years of Blessing.
In the midst of inclement and unseasonable weather I was led to highlight the rich favour and blessing my Almighty Father God has poured over me and my book sales […]
The Food Snatchers – Clever Birds
Several of Australia’s endemic birds are known for their boldness, opportunism and ability to learn techniques often copied from other birds they have observed to steal food from the hands […]
Preparing for Winter – The Rainbow Lorikeet
This is the quiet time of the year for the birds in our local nature reserve as they either migrate back to the warmer regions further north or just become […]
Birding in Our Nation’s Capital – The Freckled Duck
Last weekend my wife and I travelled to Canberra our nation’s capital city to visit family and visit the Pompey Exhibition in the National Museum. Canberra is a completely man […]
Why Birds Experience Plumage Changes – The Superb Fairy Wren
Since the weather here has so far been unseasonably wet and windy for Autumn, birding has been somewhat out of the question so I thought revisit a film I made […]
Conservation an Afterthought – The Lord Howe Island Woodhen
This week my thoughts turn to the apparent truth that when humans move into an area previously not populated with humans they often due to their opportunistic selfish natures excessively […]
Preparing for Take-Off – The Bar-tailed Godwit
It is that time of year again when the Bar-tailed Godwit and other migratory waders are fattening up for their epic journey back to the Arctic Circle to Siberia and […]
The Long Beak Advantage – The Eastern Spinebill
My wife and I recently explored both mountain highlands and coastal bay in search of birds with long curved beaks, being Autumn as it is supposed to be here. We […]
A Happy Anniversary Date – Gang Gang Cockatoo
It was our Wedding Anniversary again and we chose not to go away but have a lovely day out in the city at our local famous Taronga Park Zoo, which […]
New Beginnings – New Eyes through a New Lens
2025 is marked out as a Year of New Beginnings for my wife and I as we settle into our mature understanding years. I have recently had new eye glasses […]
Preparing for Take Off – The Bar-tailed Godwit
From hot humid Summer storms we have suddenly entered cool clear Autumn like days and February is only half over. We thought it was time for another Birding Date to […]
Rainforest Secrets – The Australian Logrunner
The last few posts have featured some of our rather secretive rainforest birds which most Australians and many birders never get to see in the wild. Our very dense dark […]
Rainforest Terrors – The Catbirds
Last Saturday we took a lovely young couple of new birder friends to our local Royal National Park for a walk and a lunch. At first it was fairly quiet […]
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