Thinking about all your replies, two notions occur to me – First, that it’s likely characteristic of this literary form (i.e. the journal-style natural history) that it telescopes time, so that sightings of such a “glamour” species seem populous within the book’s geography due to the author’s thrilled recording of every peregrine’s passage, within compressed … Read more
wim.vader@uit.no So agree with you, Kath. For years I’ve been reading Wim Vader’s posts. They are glorious descriptions that should really make a Natural History book, being so observant & complete. This latest pays particular note to climate-change effects on species, synchronicities, & life histories. And just beautifully written. Thank you, Wim. Judith 500m SEQ … Read more
As a passive follower/fan of Birding Aus, I would just like to say how much I enjoy Willem Vader’s descriptions of bird watching in Norway. He always paints such an interesting picture of the changing birdlife around him. Maybe it’s the mention of birds that I grew up with in the Northern Hemisphere that still … Read more
I have just retruned from my regular bird-walk around our property with our two black Labs. – We live on 25 acres of mature native woodland on the outskirts of Armidale, NSW. After a couple of days of very welcome rain the skies were very overcast so I was very surprised to encounter hordes of … Read more
