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Category Archives: Birds
On the fifth day before Christmas, Mother Nature showed to me …
… one trundling wombat … … six live echidnas …
The screams in the forest
Last time I wrote about the silence in the forest on Lord Howe. But at night in the bird-breeding season, it’s a very different story. Mutton birds (flesh-footed shearwaters, Ardenna carneipes) in their thousands (17.5 thousand breeding pairs in 2005 … Continue reading
The silence in the forest
Walking along the tracks of Lord Howe Island’s palm forests was a strange experience. All I could hear was the wind through the palm leaves, the sea and the occasional rustle. At home when I hear rustling, it’ll be a … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Lizards, Molluscs, Spiders, Travels
Tagged Birds, island biodiversity, land snails, Lord Howe Island, molluscs, Spiders
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Gull-billed tern
I’ve found out about the mysterious fish bone that I talked about in my last post. Go there for an update. ——————————————————————————— I’m a lazy birdwatcher, and don’t strive too hard to add to my “life list”. But when a … Continue reading
From little things, big things grow
Friends down the valley found a dead Pacific baza (Aviceda subcristata) chick under a tree, and a live sibling next to it. The live one was way too young to fend for itself, so with the advice of the local … Continue reading
I like to be in America
Or My 2010 US Deep South trip (part 1 of 4) I like to be in America, Okay by me in America. Everything free in America, For a small fee in America. West Side Story SATURDAY 22/5/2010 Andrew saw me … Continue reading
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (part 2)
Continued from part 1 (Apologies for the blurry nature of some photos – it was getting dark towards the end of the afternoon and bars got in the way with some birds.) The sanctuary has many birds on display, such … Continue reading
Finally, a pheasant coucal
Pheasant coucals (Centropus phasianinus) are all around my place – you can hear their strange call in spring, see them fly reluctantly across a paddock and, driving into town, see them lurch across the road. They seem to sit in … Continue reading
I can’t fly but I’m telling you …
… I can run the pants off a kangaroo! (Old Man Emu, John Williams) He does have wings, but they are too small for flying. We don’t have any emus in our area, but in the national park near Woody … Continue reading
