bird watching Archives

The birds we love to hate

Why we ‘hate’ certain birds – and why their behaviour might be our fault.

Leila Jeffreys captures studio portraits of native birds that show these beauties like never before.

Sacred kingfishers forage mainly on the land, feeding on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, occasionally, fish.

Patience and persistence were the key elements behind capturing this stunning shot.

The first clear images and video footage of Australia’s most elusive bird have been captured in south-western Queensland

A long-term research project on the Cape York Peninsula is returning unusual insights and incredible photographs of the little-known palm cockatoo

Researcher Christina Zdenek captured some rare film of the elusive wild palm cockatoo

This rare eastern ground parrot is camouflaged beautifully in the grasslands it inhabits

Male bowerbirds may look like they’re at the mercy of picky females, but these males have an optical illusion up their sleeves

Congratulations to this week’s AG Flickr group member Kym Bradley, for her image Silveryeye In the Blackberries.