great outback birding in SA

Hi all, Well what a tumultuous few days it’s been here in SA! On Wednesday we drove through the start of the hurricane that hit the state on the first day of our SA Highlights tour to arrive in Lyndhurst with no electricity, no running water and no communications. The pub still managed to provide … Read more

Fwd: unusual / adaptive nest

Both birds sweep in again, & onto the top of the 2nd pediment. The male feeds the female copiously, then both fly off again. Perhaps the nest is not complete yet? Though certainly the female spent plenty of time in/at it, earlier… JLA This note’s from the mobile. Reply to: jlukin01@postoffice.csu.edu.au Begin forwarded message: > … Read more

unusual / adaptive nest

Red-rumpled Parrot — In the centre of Crows Nest town (Qld), a pair of Red-rumps nesting inside the fascia-pediment of an old brick shop. A couple of metres away, in the opposite crevice-corner, sparrows are nest-building. No date on the building, but architectural signs of age outside & in, & signs of repair/exclusion attempts in … Read more