Ross River Musings
In late afternoon, a flock of straw-necked ibises and a single Australian white ibis foraged on the golf course. The club’s grass is still sodden from heavy rains two days ago that fell in fits ...
Cassowaries as Seed-dispersers in Tropical Rainforests
I’ve long been aware that fruit-eating birds disperse seeds, but the southern cassowary, that heavy-bodied, blue-and-red-headed dweller of North Queensland rainforests, takes seed-dispersal to a who...