Rather than a talk about a specific bird this week, I’d like to talk about a great way you can help our birds.
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Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
With their bright colours and garrulous personality Rainbow lorikeets are easily one of our most well known and best loved birds. At around thirty centimetres long these bright orange, green and blue parrots are well distributed throughout the local area.
Continue reading “Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus)”Superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Few people can see a Superb fairy-wren and not marvel at the brilliant colours of the male and how tiny and delicate the birds are. Flitting around quickly they can’t help but attract the eye, and out of all the Fairy-wrens in the local area the Superbs are easily the most widely spread and commonly seen.
Continue reading “Superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)”Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
Originally confined to western Victoria and neighbouring parts of South Australia and New South Wales, Long-billed corellas are extending their range up Eastern Australia, and even into the centre at Alice Springs.
Continue reading “Long-billed corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)”Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Little pied cormorants are Australia’s smallest and most commonly seen cormorant.
Continue reading “Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)”Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
These colourful and engaging honeyeaters are a common sight through eastern and northern Australia.
You’re equally likely to see them in the bush, a parkland or even a school yard.
Continue reading “Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)”Redwood Park – Toowoomba
Redwood Park is a large bushland reserve on the Toowoomba range. Legislated by the Queensland State Government for the protection of native birds in 1910 it is now run by the Toowoomba Regional Council as a public park.
Continue reading “Redwood Park – Toowoomba”Bird Calls of the Toowoomba Region
Recognising bird calls is one of the most effective ways to identify birds, however bird calls can vary around the country, and the same species can have different accents, dialects and calls depending on where they are.
Continue reading “Bird Calls of the Toowoomba Region”Birds
Birds are something I’ve loved my whole life – the earliest memory I have of seeing any birds was when I lived in Darwin and was about 4 years old, and seeing a flock of Red collared lorikeets landing in a tree on the nature strip.
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