Do owls carry their chicks?

I have just read a story in The English Garden magazine in which an owlet, described as “ä little ball of fluffy feathers” – and thus presumably flightless – appears to have been plucked from a box beside an open window by its parents and returned to the nest hollow. I have tried to find . . . → Read More: Do owls carry their chicks?

Re Grass wrens and Fairy Wrens

Hi Graeme Emailing from Glen Helen NT before ascending Mt Sonder very early tomorrow morning to watch the sunrise. After reading the most recent Birdlife Mag article on Grasswrens I decided in my central and northern Australia trips each southern winter to add Grasswrens to my must photograph list. You may remember you sent me . . . → Read More: Re Grass wrens and Fairy Wrens

Fairy-wrens

Allan, I was like your young birder last weekend when I saw my first Splendid Wren. I first took it for a female, but it was a male in non-breeding plumage. Of course it was a formal tick for the species, but I still don’t feel that I have seen a real Splendid Wren. Similarly, . . . → Read More: Fairy-wrens

Fivebough Wetlands closure

Birding-aussers please note that as from next Wednesday 13 May Fivebough Wetlands in Leeton will be closed to the public until the end of June. Work is being carried out on renewing the badly damaged pathways as well as the building of extra bird hides. Work is being carried out on behalf of the Lands . . . → Read More: Fivebough Wetlands closure

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Hi All, I’m just back from chasing Eyrean Grasswrens on my April Simpson Desert Expedition been trying to catch up on recent threads regarding grasswrens, parrots, bird tours etc. and its prompted me to write. I operate guided birding and wildlife trips in Central Australia based out of Alice Springs offering everything from general birding . . . → Read More: ADVERT- Great “All Australian Species” Parrot Expedition 2016 and others.