Cassowary Country

In the darkness of 5 a.m., Vilis and I rose from our bed, packed gear for an outing, and drove north from Townsville on the Bruce Highway, our destination the cassowary hotspot centred on Mission Beac...

Two Aussie Avian Courtship Rituals

Got him! This morning, while birding in Idalia, I photographed a male great bowerbird at his avenue bower. Surprisingly accommodating (considering how many times I’ve unsuccessfully attempted to...

Lotus Lily and Australian Water Lilies

Early light swept sound and colour into Anderson Park Botanical Gardens, where insects rasped out rough songs in clumps of bamboo that stood like gigantic sheaves of grain, and where lotus lilies and ...

Battling Invasive Species: Red Foxes, Rabbits, and Prickly Pear

Ground mist hung over the Townsville Golf Club and riverside meadows as I cycled to the Ross River Bush Gardens after dawn to join members of the Townsville Region Bird Observers Club for their monthl...