I’m not sure if I’ve shown these photos before. Never mind if I have. I was sorting through a few photos taken a few months ago and came across these of a Crested Pigeon IN our bird bath. It wasn’t content to sit on the edge of the bowl – it had to actually get [...]

This week I’ve migrated from my office to our sun room because of the heat. The office isn’t air conditioned and the sun room is lovely. This gives me the opportunity to keep an eye on several of our bird baths. During the hot weather the bird baths play an important role in attracting bird [...]

The well known Australian parrot, the Galah, is a very common bird in our district. Flocks numbering in the hundreds are common sights. I can confidently say that this is one species that we would see every day of the year, either flying overhead or perching somewhere in our garden. Flocks are very common, as [...]

I regularly receive comments and questions about birds on this blog. I also receive comments and questions via my contact page here. I welcome these interactions with my readers. This morning I received a question from a reader who is concerned about the finches in their garden. We have been establishing a large area of [...]

I think I might have commented on this before, but I can’t remember where. With over 800 blog posts it would take a while to find the reference to it. Hang on a minute: this blog has a search facility. Doh. A few second’s search brought up this post about seeing a Peregrine Falcon while [...]