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Sanderlings; Time well spent

September 29, 2012 by Redgannet 3 Comments

A day spent with Sanderlings is surely a day well spent. Even when they are not feeding in their endearing manner, chasing the waves...

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The Black and White Minstrels

September 15, 2012 by Redgannet 3 Comments

I dimly recall a variety show from my early years named the “Black and White Minstrels”. It was an ill-conceived light entertainment show on...

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Thermometer birds

September 1, 2012 by Redgannet 10 Comments

The Australian Brush-turkey is far enough removed from the American Turkey’s Phasianidae family to not even get considered for wedding and funeral invitations. It...

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Body-building finches.

August 18, 2012 by Redgannet 3 Comments

If your diet usually consists of dry seeds, imagine how luscious and shlurpy a long strand of algae must feel. These little Lonchura finches...

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Organic bat control.

August 4, 2012 by Redgannet 1 Comment

Grey-headed Flying Foxes have been roosting in a large colony in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens for many years now and their popularity with visitors is matched by...

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What an Ugly Baby.

July 21, 2012 by Redgannet 4 Comments

There must be a hormone that makes newborn babies appear beautiful to their parents, ‘cos there’s no denying it; newborn babies are ugly! Give...

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What’s that now? A new ID guide from 10,000 Birds?

July 7, 2012 by Redgannet 13 Comments

If you have been birding for any length of time, you will almost certainly have built up a fine collection of field guides. To...

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Superb Fairy-wrens

June 23, 2012 by Redgannet 3 Comments

Following Duncan’s post about the Fabulous Fairy-wrens, you may be forgiven for wondering how many exceptional adjectives can be used in naming one genus of birds....

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