Ibis is a familiar sight
Whether you love them or hate them, the Ibis are a part of our community. The most common in our surroundings is the...
Third time lucky
To be sitting in a hide on a hill top with the camera all set up on a tripod, waiting for a wedgetailed eagle...
Enjoying a feed
Many of our lovely Honeyeaters are well known , and most people would certainly recognise quite a few. Even though there are a...
Rail isn’t always shy
Sometimes when I am doing a story, I like to check some texts in case there may be some points that would be relevant...
Feared bird of prey
The bird in the illustration is the 'Australian Hobby' as it is now called.
For many years I knew it as the Little Falcon, one...
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...
Will Mr Brumm’s land become units or a bigger Daniel Park?
I wonder what Horace Vincent Brumm (1889–1940) would have done with the blocks of land known by locals as the Old Tennis Courts in...
