Welcome to our website for the study and appreciation of Australian birds and their interesting behaviours.
A Happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all my Blog Followers from Aussiebirder and his wife. Our prayer for us all is that we may have a year of New Beginnings and Unexpected Blessings as our loving Heavenly Father guides us on our life journey along life’s sometimes rugged pathway, As I have often posted that it is in […]
Last week my wife and I took two of my teenage grandsons (the tech-know wizards) down the coast for a lovely time out with us in fresh air and sunshine. While we were there we visited one of the places that sells my books ‘What Birds Teach Us’ and ‘Flight of a Fledgling’ This was an excellent opportunity to go […]
As Spring has now moved into Summer, our hottest and stormiest time of the year, so the birds are on the move changing with the season. This time heralds changes for many of our the bird species, many are in throws of nesting and raising young. On a recent walk through our local reserves we noted some of these changes. […]
We are always delighted to hear to the classic call of a flock of Little Corella passing over our house each day as they fly out to new feeding grounds. Corella are a seed eating Parrot species endemic to Australia. However, on this day earlier in the week we heard the calls of many Corella not passing over, but remaining […]
Leaving Grafton we made our way to Halliday’s Point to spend time with friends and my daughter’s family for my birthday. On the way we stopped in for lunch at the Hunter Wetlands Centre in Newcastle. We watched from the cafe as the Magpie Goose flock which the centre has been breeding for release into the wetlands were washing and […]
Leaving Port Macquarie my wife and I drove further north to Grafton in search of the Everlasting Swamp National Park, which was written up as ‘having more species of bird than Kakadu NP’. We had never read about it before so we were excited to check it out while the weather was still favorable, as it gets very hot, steamy […]
My wife and I travelled up the coast for a few days to visit a friend with whom we had become reacquainted with in recent years. My friend and I went through school together on the Central Coast and as young teens would spend time exploring Sydney by train. My friend and his wife hosted our stay in Port Macquarie, […]
Last Saturday my wife and I invited a couple of friends to join us on one of our birding dates in the Nasho. We love sharing our birding experiences with those who are interested enough to join us. So after a lovely coffee el fresco at the park cafe we made our way toward the Lady Carrington Drive walking track. […]
Spring also brings back our migratory shorebirds or waders from the uppermost northern hemisphere of the breeding and feeding grounds of Siberia and Alaska. Many of the birds come back to Australia via the Asian coastlines but also the Bar-tailed Godwit which inhabit the east coast of Australia and New Zealand come by direct non stop flight over the Pacific […]
Yes Spring has cycled around again and lots of courting, mating and nest construction is under way in our part of the world, as the most industrious productive time of year for many birds, particularly the passerines gets underway. However, let it be known that many Australian birds nest in the colder Winter months also, for example the Superb Lyrebird. […]
In our final part of the series from outback NSW we feature a bird that was on my wife’s Bucket List, the Budgerigar. This tiny Parrot is only found in the dry hot arid inland regions of the Australian mainland. This was a popular bird for the European settlers to sell as a caged pet both here and abroad, and […]
Continuing our recent western NSW tour of the Corner Country I will present some more of the birds unique to this region of Australia. The three main bushes that populate our desert regions in the outback are Saltbush, Mallee and Mulga. Each has its own areas of habitation. Most of our colourful Parrot family live in the driest hottest arid […]
My wife and I recently visited and explored the arid wild west outback region of our state from Broken Hill to Cameron Corner, where NSW, South Australia and Queensland state borders meet. We took the 14 hour Silver City Express train journey inland to Broken Hill from Sydney and the one week Silver City Tour of Broken Hill, Menindee Lakes, […]
Spring has come around again for us who hang from the bottom of the globe here in the Great South Land or the-land-down-under of Aus or Oz as it is better known. Our beautiful and very active and accurate flying Rainbow Lorikeet parrot species are busy mating and searching for suitable real estate to nest in as it is very […]
The Australian Wood Duck from my personal observations over the years is the most faithful partner and father of the birds I have observed. When the male finds its partner for life they become inseparable, and will always be seen grazing, nesting, raising the young and resting together. With Father’s Day only just last Sunday, here in Australia, I thought […]
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