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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’ […]
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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