Redthroat and White-browed Treecreeper in NSW

I would like to spend some time from next week looking for the above two species. I will be departing from Canberra and I have looked on eBird and have some ideas on where I should search, however, I would love to hear from anyone who has better and more up-to-date advice. My thought is . . . → Read More: Redthroat and White-browed Treecreeper in NSW

Wattlebird aggression

During the breeding season we find that in our south-east Queensland garden, wattlebirds rule noisy miners. Small mobs of miners fluster and chase off most other species, but little wattlebirds are real trouble. They do not, unlike miners, harass other species for no reason but are focused and successful in repelling any direct threats to . . . → Read More: Wattlebird aggression

Marbled Frogmouth & Albert’s Lyrebird in Nightcap NP, NSW

Last week I did some audio recording of sounds in Nightcap NP, northern NSW. I wasn’t expecting the Marbled Frogmouths to be as vocal at this time of year but they called quite frequently late at night (between 1-3am captured on autonomous recorder) . Here’s a link to one of the calls on xeno-canto, this . . . → Read More: Marbled Frogmouth & Albert’s Lyrebird in Nightcap NP, NSW