IN THE NSW SOUTHERN Highlands, Peggy McDonald has helped run the Australian Raptor Care & Conservation Centre since it was founded in April 2015. The 17ha property rehabilitates injured birds, mostly birds of prey, with the aim to return them to the wild. All photography by Esther Beaton. Read more about Peggy’s life-long passion for wildlife and how she co-founded the centre in AG#135, out now.
Metallic starlings – not the kind that live in your roof – breed in huge colonies that draw thousands of animals.
This 17-23 October is National Bird Week, and Aussies are invited to head into their own backyards to record their local birdlife in the name of citizen science.
Bird baths are more than just ornamental splash pools. They’re also a site where animals socialise and intense rivalries play out. And bird bath design, location and cleanliness can have a big impact.
Swans were never meant to be black; in medieval Europe unicorns had more credibility.
The Feather Map of Australia is a citizen science project plotting the movements of our country’s wetland birds.
Photographer Nick Cubbin has captured the detail and beauty of individual waterbird feathers as part of the University of New South Wales’ Feather Map of Australia project, which aims to trace waterbird movements by collecting stray feathers.
Renewed hope for one of Australia’s most critically endangered birds after several spotted in Victoria.
Step into Iytwelepenty-Davenport Ranges National Park, NT, a secret oasis of birds and waterholes like none other.