They are what they eat
Birds have often received their names for a number of different reasons.
Some birds have been called a name that refers to the type of...
I’m do-nuts about you
Exactly two years to the day since Max proposed on Mulambin beach at sunrise, Alee and Max were married in the company of their...
Wine goes online
About a year ago through my subscription to Decanter wine magazine, they invited me to a virtual wine tasting. I’ve personally hosted over 5000...
Butcher Bird has appetite for meat
When looking at this photo, it is easy to see that it is a Grey Butcher Bird which I photographed on the Sunshine Coast.
This...
Affinity for Frogmouth
Recently, I was asked about a Tawny Frogmouth. The people concerned had been watching a Frogmouth sitting on a nest fairly high...
Mannikin by any other name
One day I was visiting a friend on his large property. He was working in a paddock when I pulled up and...
Grebes’ mating ritual
One of the most interesting birds that I have seen on the water at the Rockhampton Botanical Gardens is the Great Crested Grebe.
The...
Simple to be stylish
Looking stylish and put together isn’t always about how much you spend on clothes, wearing designer clothes or labels or even wearing the latest...
Noisy lorikeets love pollen
The Musk Lorikeet is a member of a group of seven of this lorikeet family, sometimes called lories, that live in Australia.
The members are...
Triller poses for camera
It has always been my preference to photograph our native birds in their natural environment, avoiding man-made elements in the background.
The photo of the...
Lynchy’s Jokes of the Week
1/ My wife's aunty who lives in Sydney was invited to a rather upmarket high society dinner party.
She was telling us how the woman...
Peewee’s unusual ‘child’
Looking at the illustration with this story, one would wonder why the parent bird, in this case a Peewee, doesn't realise that the...
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Record speaks for itself
Last week the Labor Candidate for Capricornia was on the ABC and called me a career politician. I don’t really need to fight this...
