Welcome to our website for the study and appreciation of Australian birds and their interesting behaviours.
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 as a father and how he stays with the one female to breed and live for a lifetime. And how he faithfully remains with her throughout the life long process, […]
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 which have been bubbling along now for ten years. In 2015 I published my first edition of ‘What Birds Teach Us’ now in 2025, after several sell outs and reprints, […]
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 of unsuspecting picnicers. This has been our experience here and that of many others. So this is my topic for this post. We took my second grandson while he was […]
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 quieter since they are out of their active exciting breeding seasons. However, some birds continue to breed into our winter months as it stays warmer now longer. This Rainbow Lorikeet […]
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 made city constructed on sheep grazing areas half way between Sydney and Melbourne our two major cities. The reason being that each city thought it should be the nation’s capital, […]
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 some years ago regarding birding plumage and the various stages, for those interested, especially those who have not seen this video. The Superb Fairy-wren male, which many of us know […]
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