The Sulphur crested cockatoo - Cacatua galerita - is one of Australia's iconic bird species. It is quite a large bird - up to 50cm and is often kept in captivity. It is known for it's cheeky disposition and it's fondness around populated areas of taking up 'residence' and often being quite destructive. They have... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year! Yes this is finally a new post for 2010! I have been having camera and computer problems which is most annoying however I managed to get some photos of recent 'visitors' to our neighbourhood. Both these birds are cuckoos - a parasitic bird that does not build its own nest or raise... Continue Reading →
I have finally started to get back to work - although slowly - and have just updated my website with the final version of the 'Tawny Expressions' linocut which I have called 'Evry Move You Make...Watching YOU'. The local 'tawnies' as they are affectionately known are back of an evening hunting under the street lights... Continue Reading →
We spent some time in Bellingen NSW yesterday.A lovely warm winter's day - and I managed to photograph just a few of the local birds. Think I have identified them correctly but any corrections welcome! This Lewin's Honeyeater - Meliphaga lewinii - was one of many flitting around feeding on nectar from a Eucalypt flowers.... Continue Reading →
There is an old tree - part of a long ago area of mangroves - that stubbornly is still clinging on. It is on the way into Yamba from the highway at a place called Oyster Channel. I remember this place from my childhood - the much awaited last section of road on the long... Continue Reading →
On Monday in amongst torrential rain there was an enormous ruckus in the trees in our backyard. Much screeching, peeping and carry on from the local Noisy Miners. At first I thought it must have been the local cat they hate but then spotted this Ringtail Possum - Pseudocheirus peregrinis. It is unusual to see... Continue Reading →
