Australian Birds: Crested Pigeon

Australia’s gorgeous crested pigeon has a slim, black crest, bright red feet, and uses wing whistles to warn flock members of danger.   This week we return to Australia for our featured bir...

Aussie Avian Portraits II

This evening, as the light of day withdrew, an Australian magpie sang its mournful carol, bush stone-curlews wailed their despairing cries on the golf course, and flocks of little corellas nagged and ...

Crested Pigeons’ Warning Whistle

While researching spinifex for yesterday’s post, I stumbled across two reports describing findings which indicate that Australia’s crested pigeon (one of two pigeons having crests in Austr...

Aussie Doves and Pigeons

This morning while striding briskly alongside the golf course, I noted peaceful doves foraging on the ground and crested pigeons perched on overhead wires, the former species one of the most common bi...