Welcome to our website for the study and appreciation of Australian birds and their interesting behaviours.
This week we will focus on two of our most colourful multi-coloured birds found here in the Summer months, both very different in most aspects except their beautiful coloured plumage. While the Rainbow Lorikeet lives, breeds and roosts in the Sydney Region and along the east coast of NSW, the Rainbow Bee-eater is a Summer Migrant, spending only the warmer […]
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’ […]
This is the quiet time of the year for the birds in our local nature reserve as they either migrate back to the warmer regions further north or just become quieter since they are out of their active exciting breeding seasons. However, some birds continue to breed into our winter months as it stays warmer now longer. This Rainbow Lorikeet […]
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