Aussie Avian Portraits III

In still-dim light just past dawn, I cycled the parkway to Aplin’s Weir, revelling in my freedom of motion and in the chorus of birdsong awakening the city of Townsville. Magpie geese honked nas...

The Daintree, North Queensland

At 5:30 a.m., with the tropical dawn chorus in full swing, Vilis and I crawled out of our sleeping bags, enticed by the two-hour cruise of the Daintree River awaiting us. A pheasant coucal added its v...

Rain Thoughts

Rain poured, fell steadily, or drizzled from brooding cloud onto Townsville today, necessitating the use of my umbrella while I walked the Ross River Parkway this morning and late afternoon. Water lay...

Fairfield Waters Wetland, Townsville

Cloud and a cool wind accompanied me as I cycled to the Fairfield Waters wetland, keen to photograph the little black cormorant nesting colony and other avian residents of the wetland and its border o...