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Finally, after 4 months my wife and I get to walk our favorite track again in the Royal National Park, known to locals as the Nasho. It was a beautiful warm day, and even after the week of heavy rain it had mostly dried up after the winds that followed. It was refreshing to hear the sound of Spring birds […]
Having finally come out of over 3 months lock-down here in Sydney, my wife and I decided to celebrate with a breakfast at our local National Park cafe, which we had missed for so long. Sadly, it was raining, as it had been several days now, but we sat outside under cover in the cool breeze enjoying the moment and […]
We continue in lock-down with rising numbers of infections and deaths due to Delta, as the rebels continue to spread it. This week as promised, I present Part 2 of my showcase on the Royal National Park, Sydney, Australia. This is commonly known to us locals as the Nasho. In all, I have presented 77 birds, in addition to which […]
As we continue in lock-down and more restrictions because of the increasing numbers of infections with Delta, I have compiled Part 1 of a special slideshow of the Birds and Flowers of the Royal National Park, Sydney, Australia. You will remember in my last post I gave a movie clip version of some of the 80 + birds found in […]
Last Tuesday on a beautiful Autumn day I travelled north to winery areas behind Newcastle, our state’s second largest city, not to taste wine, but in search of several rare and endangered birds, including the Regent Honeyeater and Swift Parrot. To my disappointment, I did not see any birds to photograph, but a small flock of Swift Parrot flew off […]
Last weekend my wife and I drove to Wagga Wagga to celebrate her birthday with her siblings who had congregated there, and catch up with extended family. As most of you are aware her sister lives on Lake Albert where we often go birding on our visits, for western birds not common to our area, of which there are few, […]
As Aussiebirder I often get asked “What is your favorite bird?” and many get surprised when I tell them it is the Butcherbird. They become even more curious when they immediately go looking for it in my book and discover it was not included. Many of you who follow my blog know how my resident Butcherbird family, headed by Butch, […]
Yes its that time of year again when I honor the bird featured in my previous book as our most endurant bird, the Bar-tailed Godwit, which many of you know is one of my favorites. Click on photos to enlarge them. As the first tastes of Autumn have come in for an early Winter blast, these birds will be taking […]
Barking Owl swooping Last week I featured most of Australia’s majestic daytime raptors, and this week I will showcase but five of our ten Owls. The reason I have so few is that we do not go night birding and my collection is of birds seen during the daytime usually resting deep inside trees out of general sight. The Owl […]
Australia is blessed with many different species of raptor. Raptors are probably the most popular birds photographed, and many birders only seek to photograph these bird species.. Since birding was not an option this week due to weather, and simply not seeing many at all in the forest on our birding date, I thought it good to showcase some of […]
It was mid-week and my wife and I decided to have a birding date preceded by a lovely breakfast at the local Nasho cafe before our rainforest walk, as we expected their would be less walkers and riders on the tracks, which to our delight was the case, in the early part. We met several couples, like ourselves, and some […]
As time unrelentingly drives us into 2021 we all hope for a better year, but for many it is already appearing to look a lot like the last, as new spikes and clusters occur and restrictions are again enforced. The lone Royal Spoonbill stands high on a dead tree overlooking Lake Albert in Wagga Wagga pondering the New Year on […]
