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Bird Bites
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!
Pigeons and Doves
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”Crows and Ravens in SE Queensland
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”How to film birds – interview on Weekend Birder
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”Black cockatoos in the Crows Nest area
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”Black swans in Albert Park Lake
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”Silver gull plumage moults
It takes Silver gulls (Larus novaehollandiae) around two years to reach full adult plumage.
Here’s some shots of some of the transitional stages they go through. All photos taken at Caloundra, Queensland.
