It's all about the birds
While visiting Lamington National Park last week, I was excited when I spotted a bird that I couldn’t immediately recognise. Having spent a lot of time in the park over the last 20 years, it was a long time since I’d seen a new bird there. Alas, it was only a race of a bird … Read more
On the ABC Radio Science Show on Saturday (repeated yesterday) Robin Williams included an interesting piece on “collecting” by David Attenborough, the transcript of which I have copied below. It makes some interesting observations of relevance to the pastime of birdwatching (which, although not any longer to do with collecting ‘objects’ [eggs, nests, feathers, specimens, … Read more
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Tony Best I can find , and this is for raptors in general, is aerie, cast, or kettle. I think aerie would be the eagle one. Tony
I’ll be in Brisbane soon for several days for work but I will have Saturday free and am hoping to get out to some good birding spots that day. Can anybody suggest places to go within a day trip from Brisbane? And, if there is a spot where I have a moderate chance of a … Read more