Trevor’s Birding

Archive for the 'Non-Australian birds' Category

I and the Bird #67: Let’s all go on a birding holiday

January is holiday time in Australia, so let’s go on a holiday.
Australia on holiday

The mad holiday season in Australia begins with Christmas parties in the week or so before Christmas. Many Australians have an enforced holiday between Christmas a New Year. Some factories and businesses close for several weeks in the early part of January. […]

I and the bird #64

The latest edition of I and the bird #64 has been posted over at Iowa Voice.
Go there for plenty of links to interesting posts from birders all over the globe.
For a change, I remembered to send in my contribution.
Here are some good articles to get you going:

On a long coast - amazing photos of New […]

Birding in Sri Lanka

I have never been birding in Sri Lanka but if I ever get the opportunity to go there, I will certainly take it.
In the meantime, I can still enjoy photos of the birds of that country by going to the birding blog of Amila Salgado. It’s called Gallicissa - a birder in an endemic hotspot. […]

Ostriches in Australia - and near my home

If I want to see an Ostrich I only have to take a ten minute drive from home.
Now before all you Australian twitchers out there jump in your car or on a plane to “tick” this species off your list, let me explain. The Ostriches I’m talking about are in the Monarto Zoo just down […]

Bird Word: Oriental

Oriental: the region consisting of the Himalayas, India, SE Asia and Indonesia.
The term “oriental” refers to birds of a particular region of the world. It also happens to be the only region of the world I have visited outside of Australia. In 2005-06 I had a wonderful trip to Thailand and Nepal. You can read […]