Cane Toad Explosion and Bowerbird Toys

Early this morning beside a drying wetland in the Townsville development of Fairfield Waters, lawns and beds of wood-chips squirted frogs – hundreds, thousands, perhaps millions of frogs. At first, ...

Crested Pigeons’ Warning Whistle

While researching spinifex for yesterday’s post, I stumbled across two reports describing findings which indicate that Australia’s crested pigeon (one of two pigeons having crests in Austr...

Australian Shorebirds

As a birder, shorebirds are my nemesis. My discomfort with them is exceeded only by my even greater discomfort with seabirds. When it comes to the latter, I generally cringe or run in terror, although...

Making Camel Tracks in the Desert

Taking photographs from the back of a camel is no easy task, as Vilis discovered this morning when he and I toured the desert south of Alice Springs by camel. I discovered that focusing binoculars fro...