Welcome to our website for the study and appreciation of Australian birds and their interesting behaviours.
As my granddaughter is spending a few days with us during her school vacation, so I will share a brief post of Australia’s only endemic crane which is known as the Brolga, which we saw on several occasions during our adventure north on the Cape. This name is derived from the Indigenous Gamilaraay word burralga for this bird. We were […]
In my last post I gave a glimpse of Australia’s smallest owl, the Southern Boobook (also known as a Mopoke), peeping from a nesting hole, which it had occupied before the Powerful Owl had a chance, since the Powerful Owl normally nest there each year at this time. It was only that the sun was shining directly into the hole […]
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, […]
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