Birding at Alice Springs

This morning, I ran before sunrise, spotting tracks of white-tailed deer, ruffed grouse, deer mice, and red fox embossed on thin snow. The -16°C air enveloped me in still calm before a winter storm f...

Townsville, Australia – A Birder’s Paradise

At 5:10 a.m. I set out cycling/birding, the sky brightening with the incipient sunrise. Curved palm leaves formed green, fringed screens erected against pale light. The Townsville summer dawn had a ta...

Aussie Bird Awards

At 5:15 a.m., moisture glistened on Townsville lawns, and cloud vied with blue sky overhead. Cycling hard, I rode the Ross River Parkway, exchanging dawn greetings with other parkway users whom I mont...

National Museum of Australia and Black Mountain, Canberra

Again, cloudy and pleasantly cool weather greeted me in Canberra’s early morning as I strolled south along Northbourne Street to City Hill, a circular park across Lake Burley Griffin from and in...