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As we move through another week of lock-down I thought to share some interesting facts about our iconic Australian Black Swan which is the emblem of Western Australia (WA), the state it was first seen in by early European Dutch sailors in the 1600s while exploring the mysterious Great South Land as they sailed along the west coast, at the […]
While lock-down continues into another week for us, and prospects to go more than 5 km from home are currently banned, we have had to curtail our birding pursuits for the time being. So this week we focus an extraordinary small bird the Comb-crested Jacana, which is also known as the Jesus Bird because it appears to walk on water. […]
As we continue in lock-down and restricted to a 5 km radius of movement from our home, birding is almost impossible, but for our backyard birds, which are always a treat, as they become more trusting of us being around them. As I was writing this post one of our adult Crested Pigeons came and looked into my study window […]
As lock-down continues, and cases from the Delta strain continue to increase in Sydney, my wife and are now in quarantine isolation due a possible contact, and are not permitted to leave our home for two weeks. This means I had to be creative with this post and chose to feature our two unique Australian geese, which I have named […]
During the current lock-down we are entitled to a one hour walk each day. The problem is that people who normally do not grace our reserve came in large numbers in order to escape being inside all week, especially those with school children, as one more week of school holidays at home comes around the corner. This made it difficult […]
We both needed a walk and being it Sunday afternoon we made our way to our local Oatley Park Reserve, of course a little birding was included as always. As I have shared previously, this time of year we have the least bird numbers as we move into Winter months and the migrant birds fly north to warmer days. Numbers […]
Last Sunday my wife decided it would be lovely for us to have a birding date as it was a beautiful Autumn day and we had not had much time during the week, so off we went west to Wianamatta Nature Reserve, a place we had not visited for many months. On arrival we had a cuppa and a bite […]
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, […]
Last Saturday, two days before the release of my new book Flight of a Fledgling, my wife and went on a short road trip down south to make some early book deliveries to Kiki’s in the Grove on the Federal Highway, Collector, one of my best sellers, and The Argyle Emporium Bookstore in Goulburn. On our return trip we decided […]
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 […]
Last weekend my wife and I spent a few days in the Newcastle area to celebrate our wedding anniversary and have some birding time together, as well as birding time out walking and birding with my eldest son and his boys. One of the places we love to visit when there is the Walka Water Works near Maitland which seldom […]
