Gidday and welcome to my home area of the Sunshine Coast, south east Queensland. As my opening word suggests; the Sunshine Coast is located...

Now that it’s officially summer (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least), it’s time to cool off with some lighter, more refreshing wines. As with...

Here along the banks of the Danube, with Central Europe at one and the Balkans at the other bank, mid-summer is a tricky part...

Those birders averse to using the phrase “seriously and irredeemably cute” to describe a wild bird – such people do exist, and are entitled...

Or perhaps, “A Parade on Stilts”? “Stilts on Stilts”, even? After 38 years of life in Mexico, I rarely have the sort of stomach...

In the U.S., the end of June feels like the official beginning of the summer birds have already committed to months ago. We’re heading...

We went bush-walking down a dirt road near the Fortescue River last month to see what bird-life was about. It was windy and cool,...

If the avian realm had self-conscious, talking ambassadors, “spokebirds”, which species would partake in birding conferences? Which would travel to tourism conventions, give fun...