Archive for the 'Frequently Asked Questions' Category

New Holland Honeyeater
I frequently get asked questions about caring for injured or orphaned birds. Some people leave their questions on an appropriate page of this site, while others ask their questions privately using my contact from here.
I am no expert
I often explain to people with this questions that I am certainly no expert in this […]

One of my readers contacted me via email today to ask the question: “Do birds have a sense of smell?” It’s a really good question and one I’d never really given much thought to.
Thanks to Bev for this question. (You are the first to use my contact form - see the sidebar.)
Do birds have a […]

One of my regular readers recently asked the question: “Why do baby birds disappear?” We had been corresponding during the recent height of the Australian breeding season. Spring here is coming to a close, but many birds are still actively making nests, sitting on eggs or feeding young in the nest or just out of […]

This is #20 in a series of frequently asked questions about birding.
What is a Bird Atlas?

A bird atlas is usually in book form and consists of many maps of a given region, state or country, usually one map for every species found in the […]

This is # 19 in a series of frequently asked questions about birds and birding.
Should I belong to a bird club?

Being with like minded people, especially if they have more experience than you, is an excellent way of learning […]