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Last weekend we spent the morning with a younger couple of ‘novice’ birders as they described themselves. This was our second outing together, and focused on Mt Annan Botanic Gardens in the hope that the endangered Swift Parrot flock, wintering here, which I had posted several weeks ago, were still present in the eucalypts of this park. Before we got […]
This post explores more birds from our Mt Annan bird dates. It is interesting how varied particular bird species nesting seasons are, especially for the Rainbow Lorikeet which may nest in Spring Summer or Winter Spring depending on the present food supply and prevailing weather conditions. We found several nests in old eucalypt trees near areas of flowering Grevillea ‘Superb’ […]
Taking another quiet walk with God in my local Nature Reserve the quietness was once again observed in the 10° cool sunny morning where very few were out and about. The Southern Boobook we saw the last few weeks was not present in its nesting hole, nor were the Powerful Owl that were about to nest, and no one has […]
The early winter months down here are very quiet in our local parks, having fewer bird species and almost no current wildflowers to feed the many nectar eaters. However, our insectivorous birds including the Superb Fairy-wren, Grey Fantail, Eastern Yellow Robin, Golden Whistler, White-browed Scrubwren, Brown and Striated Thornbills and the Magpies, continue to thrive during this period. Several of […]
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 Living, I decided to take a walk alone and chat with God in the quietness of our Autumn forest, which is characteristically the most bird few month of the year, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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