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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

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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

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