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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