Aussie Avian Portraits I

The many posts in this blog dedicated to birds show how Australia’s birdlife has captured and held my interest during the eleven months Vilis and I have spent in this country. More than that, I&...

A Closer Look

This morning, as I strolled the Ross River Parkway in Townsville, poincianas painted scarlet onto feathery green, and huge, bare sandbars lay exposed in the river. Clouds brooded overhead, only fragil...

Birding at Inkerman Station

An hour after sunrise, Vilis and I set off in convoy with other members of the Townsville Region Bird Observers Club, heading south from Townsville past Bowling Green Bay National Park and into the co...

Notes from Cairns

Satiated from the richness of the Daintree and Great Barrier Reef, Vilis and I eased back, strolling peacefully through the Cairns Botanic Gardens early this morning, and then spending an hour in the ...