The Art of Anhingas

Anhingas. Darters. Snakebirds. Related to cormorants, these fish-hunters, when perched with wings outstretched, epitomize the sleek beauty of avian art. Forget their seemingly inconcongruous but highl...

A Good Day for Predatory Birds

At dawn, bush stone-curlews and masked lapwings stood silent and still, ghostly figures swathed in mist on the golf course. The rising sun shot golden shafts of light through the mist via gaps between...

Birding at Forestry Road and Crystal Creek, Queensland

Unexpectedly weary after our Alligator Creek Track bushwalk yesterday, Vilis and I dragged ourselves off to meet the Townsville birders for a morning excursion to Forestry Road, which leads from the s...

Bush Stone-curlew Beauty

Today, for the first time, I became frustrated with rainbow lorikeets. There were simply too many racing across  the sky above Townsville. They flocked into flowering gums and paperbarks, their shril...