10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Most birders know better than to fall prey to such sensationalism, but among the public at large, Australia is notorious for being a land creeping and crawling with dangerous and even lethal wildlife at every turn. And not just deep in the bush, either, but at the beach, in urban parks – even in the country’s suburban homes.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2021
As my opening word suggests; the Sunshine Coast is located in Australia as the attached Google map illustrates. So, while I am lucky enough to live with my wife and family near the village of Mapleton, in the Blackall Ranges, first join me for a little journey to part of the coast. No adults were seen – only young birds.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2020
It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically. Introduction. It includes a table listing the species, subspecies, author and date of original description, which I found quite handy in sorting out the birds.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2018
Late last year we decided to meet up with my sister and her family in Western Australia and we reached an agreement that they would fly to Perth from Sydney during the school holidays in January. I wrote the post about the Chiming Wedgebills in the south of Western Australia when we realised we would not be getting home any time soon!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 6, 2013
In celebration of the upcoming I and the Bird look at the heron family I invite you to consider the White-faced Heron ! Very little is known about this species, and only a few skins survive to bear testament to its lost existence. That New Zealand had an endemic species of heron which went extinct should hardly be surprising either.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Later in the year we were able to travel around the north of Western Australia. Our 2020 year list stands at 324 for Victoria and the north of Western Australia combined, so we are more than happy with that under current circumstances. It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. Black-faced Pitta is found only on one of the Solomon Islands (northwest of Australia). And sun bears. It’s what I dream of every Monday morning. British birder Chris Gooddie, my new birding hero, not only dreamed the fantasy, he lived it.
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