07 November 2019
31 October 2019
52. One in a Million Chillawong
There are a million Pied Currawongs in the forests of south-eastern Australia. I’ve just seen a baby one in a million bird.
23 October 2019
51. No Tranquility
A small Peaceful Dove flies by. Its neck is striped like a zebra; its belly creamy white, breast slightly pink.
Wings are scalloped with black edges as delicate as wedding cake decorations.
19 October 2019
50. C'mon Rosie
15 October 2019
49. Peacock Blues: Part 1
09 October 2019
48. The Wagtail and the Wallaby
Willie Wagtails are aggressive when breeding. The Willie that’s lived in our front yard for 3 years is nesting now. She wanted a drink and harassed a wallaby to get one.
04 October 2019
47. A Goanna and the Double-barred Flock
28 September 2019
46. The Rose Hillers
Nearly 200 years ago, an early English settler saw
colourful birds near Sydney in a little place called Rose Hill. He called the
birds with black, white, navy, green, yellow, red and royal blue feathers a ‘Rose Hiller’, and it stuck. Aussies love dropping the H and shortening names; after a bit the bird became the Rosella.
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