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!
Indie Films
Indie Docos
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”
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”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.
More landscapes – both recent photos I’ve taken and ones I’ve dug out from the archive
Continue reading “Natural Landscapes 3”
We have three species of rosellas in the local area – Crimson, Pale-headeds, and
very rarely Eastern rosellas. Pale-headed rosellas are by far the most common and
widely spread in our area. They are in my opinion too, the most beautiful of all the
rosellas, owing to their delicate colouration.
