The web page of Scot McPhie
In the early 2000’s some ancient pottery and canoe hulls were found in the Gulf Provence of Papua New Guinea, near the villages of Epemeavo and Kea Kea. No one knew where they came from or what the story behind them was.
An archaeological team from Monash University and the University of Southern Queensland travelled to the site to investigate. This film tells that story, and the bigger story of people trying to find their past and what has been lost to them.
Continue reading “Hiri Moale”
Bird Bites is my social media channel dedicated to the wonderful world of birds.
There is a youtube channel, facebook page, instagram account and the blog posts here.
I write regular articles in my local newspaper and am interviewed frequently on TV and the radio about bird and conservation related issues. Most of these posts are from the newspaper articles with the occasional extra ones, like this one on Bird Calls of the Toowoomba Region. The youtube channel and facebook page are very active if you’d like to follow them there.
I used to host this all separately on another blog site birdbites.com.au but I have decided to place them all here now. I hope you enjoy!
With so many beautiful and boisterous birds in Australia it’s very easy to take the common ones for granted. Galahs are a great case in point, however we do this at our own peril.
Continue reading “The Sad Story Behind These Galahs”
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If you were to stand in Crows Nest and draw a circle with a radius of 50 kilometres you’d pick some 340 species of birds – 16 of which would be pigeons or doves. Like parrots, pigeons and doves evolved in Australia, and with our proximity to both the escarpment and drier woodland areas on the Downs, we are very well placed to see a range of these unique and beautiful birds.
Continue reading “Pigeons and Doves”
I think it’s fair to say that corvids (crows and ravens) are amongst our most misunderstood and reviled birds.
Continue reading “Crows and Ravens in SE Queensland”It was a lot of fun to be interviewed on the Weekend Birder podcast about how to film birds. This is such a good podcast with so many resources for people interested in all facets of bird watching. Hopefully I added something useful with my interview!
Continue reading “How to film birds – interview on Weekend Birder”
In our local area we are fortunate to have a number of species of black cockatoos present. Do you know how many there are? Before I answer that let’s first dive into a bit of background about Australia’s black cockatoos – and then see if you guessed how many species call our area home.
Continue reading “Black cockatoos in the Crows Nest area”
On a trip to Melbourne I was interested to see the tagging programme going on in Albert Park Lake with the Black swans. It’s yielding some very important information, and this is a little video I made about it.
Continue reading “Black swans in Albert Park Lake”