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Recent Posts:

• Birdlife varieties a feather in city’s cap
• Dry winter does not follow nature’s script
• Winter poses growing poison threat to birds
• Spoof ‘Santa Cardinal’ flies high on AI
• Tickled pink by a robin in the garden
• Ink and feathers in the frame
• Farm takes scarecrow idea to new heights
• A soaring skylark hits musical high note
• Song of Smelter Robins echoes from the past
• Lovely honeyeater flies beneath the radar
• Ancient beacon of hope for urban wildlife
• Solitary grebe rides the waves
• Heron makes a meal of science
• Crescent honeyeaters emerge from the shadows
• The seasons are a-changing
• Magpies separate friend from foe
• Life’s a beach for ‘odd couple’
• Musk lorikeets a fun-run distraction
• Explosion of gold on a summer’s evening
• Boobooks wing it over Bass Strait
• A curlew dips its bill for the last time
• Tide turns for Australasian gannets
• A wildlife walk that echoes history
• A ‘pleasant excursion’ in Darwin’s footsteps
• A New Year’s toast to the fantails
• Times change but enchantment remains
• Splash out on a birdbath to aid birds
• Gloves off when it comes to ‘sinister’ weed
• Satin flycatcher arrives with a flourish
• Native-hens on a turbo-charged attack
• Elusive snipe finds home in the suburbs
• Whale of a time on bird quest
• Dogs emerge as major threat to penguins
• Track opens window on the world of nature
• Operation flock and awe to see our ‘swifties’
• Keeping an eagle eye on our birds of prey
• No hiding place for lapwings
• ‘Chilled’ Tassie magpies give peace a chance
• Australians at the ready for bird count
• Supermoon lights way for migrating birds
• Nervous wait for a welcome sight
• Peregrines reach for the sky in Melbourne
• No joy in this rainbow connection
• Long-haul shorebird flight to uncertainty
• Hip to be square in bird-friendly garden
• Spring unfurls in flower and song
• Watch out, the cockies are back in town
• Pelican keeps watch over a magical place
• Investigators crack massive case of birds’ egg theft
• Stunned by a flash of light
• A song of sadness rises from the woods
• Tasmanian emu consigned to pages of history
• Students turn to birds for mental health
• Birdsong greets the winter solstice
• Love and devotion – a human story
• Bird of play in the spotlight
• The mysterious bunyip unmasked
• A cool Pacific gull takes life in its stride
• Extinction lessons from the past
• Tasmania a vital refuge for at-risk waders
• Beauty on the mudflats
• Oystercatchers off the hook in clam mystery
• The eyes have it for gannet flu resistance
• Tide turns on wonder of waterways
• Hardhead headache for tixidermists
• A splash and a dunk in cool waters
• Woodswallows linger for a summer feast
• Ley lines plot a flight of fancy
• ‘Pick-pockets’ in red-hot form
• Confused black cockie creates a stir
• Coffee and cake as the eagles arrive
• Swift parrots call on pop star power
• Noisy bullies rule the hood
• I swear, these parrots are a smart bunch
• A cryptic bird for all seasons
• An echo from a pioneer past
• Light shone on a secret wilderness
• Still making a difference, 30 years on
• Hobart the birders’ port of call
• War of words over wilderness
• Bird of year campaign accused on foul ploy
• Christmas tradition strictly for the birds
• Cancelled – Wilson’s glorious warbler
• Masked lapwings safe in the shadows
• A battle in the bottlebrushes
• A tranquil place to yearn for
• Bird box houses memories of childhood
• Spirit of Gondwana hangs in the air
• Platypus lost in a sea of trash
• Forty-spot spreads its wings
• Swift parrot flies into the spotlight
• Bird count continues to fly high
• Summerbird springs a surprise
• Birds sing the story of Australia
• A patch of paradise
• One swallow makes a summer
• It’s all in the family for fairy-wrens
• A winter haven on this side of the ‘ditch’
• Peregrines score goals of their own
• Warm welcome for early striated pardalotes