10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
There is a good chance I’ll finally get my first bird-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae), boatbill (a recently split family, Machaerirhynchidae), logrunner (Orthonychidae), platypus (Ornithorhynchidae), rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodontidae) and bettong (Potoridae).
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2011
What can be said is that among the vertebrates we see around us as we go on our birdwatching expeditions and nature walks, or visits to the retired professor, is this: Above a certain size, birds are small, numerous, and evenly distributed compared to mammals, while below a certain size mammals are small and hiding in the dark compared to birds.
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2012
And one final treat was a Musky Rat-kangaroo , the smallest member of the macropod (kangaroo and wallaby) suborder, no bigger than a guinea-pig. I also got a much better look at a Tooth-billed Bowerbird, although this one wasn’t singing at a bower. Oddly for small macropods you’ll find them out and about in the day.
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