Wildlife Urban birdwatching guide to Canberra …area after disappearing following the 2003 bushfires,” says Tobias. Here are 20 Canberran residents you may encounter on your birding adventures. (See gallery above) Related: Our urban birdwatching guides to…
Wildlife Birdsong struggles to be heard in urban environment …other Australian birds, including rainbow lorikeets, eastern rosellas and grey shrike-thrushes, are more likely to sing at a higher pitch in urban environments. It’s not only bird communication that suffers…
Science & Environment Rehabilitating raptors is difficult. Do they survive after release? Scientists now know …associate food with people. These birds are smart. They soon learn that if they hear talking, then that’s where food comes from, and if you release a bird like that,…
Wildlife In pictures: BirdLife Australia's 2018 calendar …calls of a Scarlet Robin. READ MORE: Bird watcher’s guide to Australia Urban bird watcher’s guide to Sydney Urban bird watcher’s guide to Hobart Urban bird watcher’s guide to Canberra…
News Bringing back the eastern bristlebird The eastern bristlebird is a small, ground-dwelling bird with cinnamon-brown plumage and a cute cleft tail that forages on insects and inhabits the dense, grassy understorey around open forest and…
Wildlife Urban birdwatching guide to Brisbane …around 400, but we’ve compiled a list of 20 Brissy birds you might encounter around the city. (See gallery above) Related: Our urban birdwatching guides to every Australian capital city…
Science & Environment The new Great Barrier Reef ambassadors …can do to make a difference to its future. Reef Guides has been modelled on the highly successful Savannah Guides program, a network of professional tour guides and operators working with researchers,…
North Queensland - Tropical Birding Tour …catbird. The lodge is a Land for Wildlife sanctuary with good populations of birds, mammals, reptiles and plants. Around 230 bird species have been recorded within a 1.5 km radius of…
Wildlife Bird watcher's guide to Australia …so strong they echoed in my chest. In that moment, the spirit and antiquity of the place coalesced in the joyful song of the Albert’s lyrebird. Bird watching: Close to…
History & Culture Aviation: The adventures of Love Bird and Diamond Bird …Aerial Survey Expedition took off from Melbourne on 22 May 1930 in the two ANEC III Lascowl aircraft — Love Bird (VH-UGF) and Diamond Bird (VH-UEZ). First stop was Canberra…