Cuckoos

This morning, a blustery wind on the heels of rain shoved me with a breathy hand as I rode the parkway to James Cook University in an open-ended search for birds. I came away with a somewhat startling...

Falling Palm Leaves and Tropical Ramblings

In Bicentennial Park this morning, tiny biting midges attacked me with their pinpoints of fire, leaving my skin dotted with red splotches far more obvious than the minute insects that caused them. Mos...

Australian Grassfinches

This morning, the Ross River lay like satin painted in shades of sky and trees, its surface faintly rippled by gentle breeze and the movements of water birds – magpie geese, Pacific black ducks, egr...

Rosellas

A brief downpour awakened me in early morning’s darkness, its thrumming on the metal roof persistent, yet somehow comforting. A few minutes later, my 5 a.m. alarm rang, jolting me into groggy ac...