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...

Birding Notes from Idalia, Townsville

  After breakfast, I cyled to the nearby suburb of Idalia in Townsville’s east end, my intention to visit the Fairfield Waters wetland. In late May and June, the wetland had been rich with ...

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...

Townsville Birds and WA’s Yellow-spotted Monitors

Western Australia, Day 8 Townsville: In the Ross River Bush Gardens, a pair of forest kingfishers perched on a branch in a gnarled poplar gum, one of the blue-and-white-suited birds gulping down a fre...