Just forwarding a post I received yesterday with a nice cartoon about conservation advances on the Forty-spotted Pardalote.   Thought you might enjoy The First Dog on the Moon’s cartoon today –  Click on the first box below.   ———- Forwarded message ——— From: The Guardian <info@editorial.theguardian.com> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 at 8:00 pm … Read more

Background:  We’ve had a Brush-turkey mound in our SE QLD backyard since just after Christmas last year – very late in the season, but Spring was very hot and dry.  The usual mass movements of leaf litter etc. occurred, but you get that living on the fringe. In the last week of so, there has … Read more

During the winter months of 2013 there was an irruption of Black Kites in the Pilbara. The usual kites seen along the Pilbara coast are Whistling, Brahminy and Black-shouldered. Black Kites are usually few in number but in mid-2013 they arrived on mass and congregated at the Karratha landfill site. They joined in with Little … Read more

Dear All, It goes without saying that anyone exposed to its effects in the field, knows that Global Warming is very real. The naysayers, mostly motivated by economics, politics or just complete denial of the evidence like the rapid rise in CO2 levels paralleling human activity, ie ignorance, claim that it is a natural cycle … Read more

I don’t know how many Great Egrets you have seen at one time in one place but on two recent trips to Thompson’s Beach north of Adelaide in South Australia I’ve seen over 100 on each occasion. The details are on my blog: https://www.ararelitus.com/birds-1 I’d appreciate any information on large sitings as my experience is … Read more