Category: Australian Birds

Whilst chicks of any kind are usually closely hidden from any would-be prey, I was lucky enough to watch as four Swamphen chicks stumbled out of the marshes where I was sitting at a local birding hotspot.  They were nervous at first but quickly became comfortable with me as I...

A loud, high-pitched wailing announces their arrival as they settle into the Banksia in my front garden. A family of six consisting of two adult males, two females and two alert and very talkative juveniles. This variety of Cockatoo breeds in the Eucalypt forests along the coast or subalpine and then disperses...