Archives for April 2013

The dusky woodswallows were active and twitchy, soaring into the sky to snatch at the last of the summer’s flying insects.  In the upper bare branches of a dead gum they were joined by tree martins. The two species jockeyed for position, the martins coming off worst. When a woodswallow returned from a sortie, the smaller martins had to make way for it. Perhaps it was just me, but I sensed the two species were looking north as autumn got seriously underway, they certainly … [Read more...] about Chill winds call migrants north

A young currawong called Pea is out and about in the wide and wild world, spreading his wings. Occasionally he calls to his “foster parents”, the loving carers who set him on the road to recovery after he was found sick and abandoned, but Pea is determined to go it alone without human intervention.  I heard about Pea a few months ago when Rachel Meyers of Southern Wildlife Rescue and Care emailed to say that among a batch of nestlings that she had been handed was a baby … [Read more...] about The road to recovery