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WESTERN AUSTRALIA PART 2 – Dryandra to Corakerup Reserve: Numbat, Western...
NumbatAfter leaving the Dalwallinu area we continued south through Northam to Dryandra Woodland, one of my favourite birding sites, for 3 nights in a delightful Dryandra Village Lions Club chalet. We...
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA PART 3 – Cheynes Beach to Perth: Honey Possum , Red-eared...
After checking out Corakerup Reserve we headed west to Cheynes Beach for a 3-night stay in a chalet in the caravan park. The site is the best known hotspot for three notoriously skulky south-west WA...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic November 2018
Providence PetrelWe departed Mooloolaba Marina at 6.25am on Sunday November 11, 2018 under sunny skies with an unusually cool south-easterly (for this time of year) that kept up for the rest of the day...
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Camping at Tin Can Bay November 2018
Black BitternAn excellent haul of birds during a three-day camp-out to Tin Can Bay included Black Bittern, Radjah Shelduck, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Sanderling, Eastern Ground-Parrot,...
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Birds flocking back to Yandina Creek Wetland
Black-necked StorkSix months after floodgates were reopened at the Yandina Creek Wetland on the Sunshine Coast, allowing it to be inundated with tidal water, waterbirds are returning to the site in...
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Queensland's Rainforest is Burning
Rainforest destroyed along road to EungellaThe unprecedented burning of pristine rainforest around Eungella in the central Queensland hinterland is a stark warning of climate change-related...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic December 2018
Brown BoobyWe departed Mooloolaba Marina at 6.30am on Wednesday December 12, 2018 under clear skies, negotiating a gentle swell as we headed east. The trip had been postponed due to rough weather from...
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Endangered Red Goshawks netted and tagged during nesting season
Red Goshawk on Cape York (Image by John Young)The Queensland Labor Government has handed responsibility for a controversial program that nets and tags the endangered Red Goshawk on Queensland's Cape...
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2018 Sunshine Coast Birds Big Year
#278 Barking OwlEvery now and then I think it's good to take up a challenge: set oneselfa goal and go for it. It maytake a while to reach yourtarget. It wasmany years before I finally attainedmy goal...
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Glossy Black Cockatoo under threat from Sunshine Coast nursing home
Glossy Black Cockatoos drinking at Sunrise BeachCritical habitat for the endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo is set to be bulldozed for a new aged care facility at Sunrise Beach on Queensland's Sunshine...
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Red Goshawk nest tree pruned as research shows endangered bird flies vast...
Red Goshawk on Cape York (Image by John Young)Queensland Government officers studying the endangered Red Goshawk on Cape York lopped the limbs off a nesting tree while a bird was sitting on eggs to...
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Changes in status of South-East Queensland birds over 40 years – Part 1, Emu...
The Queensland Conservation Council in 1979 published a booklet I wrote, The Birds of South-East Queensland. It was an annotated list of birds from the state's south-east with a focus on status,...
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Changes in status of South-east Queensland birds over 40 years – Part 2,...
Magpie GooseThis is the second post demonstrating changes in the status and distribution of some birds in South-East Queensland over the 40 years between 1979 - when my booklet The Birds of South-East...
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Changes in status of South-East Queensland birds over 40 years – Part 3,...
Lewin's RailThis is the third post demonstrating changes in the status and distribution of birds in South-East Queensland over the 40 years between 1979 - when my booklet The Birds of South-East...
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Changes in status of South-East Queensland Birds over 40 years – Part 4,...
Marbled FrogmouthThis is the fourth post demonstrating changes in the status and distribution of birds in South-East Queensland over 40 years between 1979 - when my booklet The Birds of South-East...
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Remaking Nature - A story about Yandina Creek Wetland
Yandina Creek Wetland looking towards Mt CoolumBrisbane naturalist and journalist Andrew Stafford has written a fine piece, Remaking Nature - Novel strategies in modified landscapes, for the current...
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New England National Park - February 2019
Spot-tailed QuollWe had a pleasant camp-out by the Styx River, at the entrance to New England National Park, in September 2015. This time we opted for a four-night stay in The Residence, one of two...
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Changes in status of South-east Queensland birds over 40 years – Part 5 ,...
Southern Emu-wrenThis is the fifth post demonstrating changes in the status and distribution of birds in South-East Queensland over 40 years between 1979 – when my booklet, The Birds of South-East...
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Changes in status of South-east Queensland birds over 40 years – Part 6,...
Eastern BristlebirdHere is the sixth and final post demonstrating changes in the status and distribution of birds in South-East Queensland over 40 years between 1979 – when my booklet, The Birds of...
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Hervey Bay-Maryborough, March 2019
Beach Stone-Curlew at The GablesA fair haul of birds from a five-day visit to the Hervey-Bay Maryborough area on the Fraser Coast included Lesser Crested Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Grey...
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