Australia is a dry continent and as such all bird-life needs to take advantage of any fresh water that is available. During wet years...
Some weeks can be very hard and the last week was one of them. Thank goodness we can appreciate the natural environment around us...
Diamond Doves Geopelia cuneata are the smallest Australian dove and they are ground feeding seed eaters. They need water on a regular basis and...
Last week the most amazing thing happened-a Striated Heron Butorides straita came into our garden! Now we don’t live far from the coast, especially...
Although we have not had any rain for quite some time now and the overnight temperatures have dropped to about 17c we have still...
The Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris is the largest shorebird that we find along the coast around Broome. It is not common and despite their...
Last Sunday was Grant’s birthday and we decided to bird our local area in search of something special. We drove out of town a...
It is not uncommon to see Agile Wallabies Macropus agilis around the Broome area and everyone avoids driving on dusk or dawn as much...
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