Birding at Ross River Dam, Townsville

Determined to begin my week with a good bash of birding, I drove to the Ross River Dam early this morning. From atop the dam near the spillways, I looked out over Ross Lake to where distant ranges of ...

Images from Cluden, Townsville

A warm breeze rushed over grasses and through trees, easing unexpectedly high humidity in Townsville and its southeastern suburb of Cluden. Vilis and I joined members of the Townsville Region Bird Obs...

Mangroves

It was a week after our arrival in Australia that Vilis and I realized that the short, densely-foliaged trees forming tangled borders along the Ross River and Ross Creek, beside which we walked or ran...

Birding at Ross River Bush Garden and Ingham’s Tyto Wetlands

In mid-morning, I cycled to the Ross River Bush Gardens simply to feel my legs pedaling and see what was out in the world. I observed no new bird species, but contentedly listed my familiar avian acqu...