My New Neighbours – Tawny Frogmouths in Melbourne
4 July 2020 | Living
Glaring resolutely down at me from a tree just across the fence from my backyard was what I took at first to be an owl. In fact it was a tawny frogmouth. The next day it had moved to a different perch and was still keeping a close eye on me, but now accompanied by a s...
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One Water Dragon – no backyard birds
8 December 2015 | Living
Usually around this time of year a bird nests in my house’s courtyard, it’s been blackbirds (which are not a native Australian bird) these past couple of years. They’re often nesting in October and sometimes raise more than one brood. One year I noted the chicks’ depa...
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Melbourne Wildlife
28 November 2010 | Living
I don’t have to go far to see the wildlife – feathered variety at least – at this time of year. They come up to my study windows, I can watch them as I type this.
For the past month we’ve had an angry magpie attacking its reflection in windows all around the hous...
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