Stories and photographs of all manner of animals, with a non-exclusive emphasis birds, from across Australia and the world.
Eater-of-all-the-budgerigars is another name for the King Brown, he climbs up to get at them in a bloodwood tree, for example, or in a ghost gum, in a hollow. He puts his mouth into the hollow and then eats up all the little budgerigars.
We saw this beautiful snake earlier this year in a creekbed in the borefield 15 or so kilometres west of town. Last Sunday afternoon one of its relatives killed one of our favourite little dogs, Boot-boots.
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus This glorious—though somewhat glum-looking—Collared Sparrowhawk, Accipiter cirrhocephalus, has been hanging around my back yard over the past few weeks – most likely lured in by the Zebra Finches, small Honeyeaters and other birds that crowd in for the water in the backyard. Here he, and I’m pretty sure it is a [...]
