The spare pair & dog day afternoon
It was a busy day for dogs on the Spit today. In total 6 off lead dogs mostly around high tide when birds are resting on the Spit. One, a...
Masked lapwings, incognito, on nest
Thank goodness August is over! It started off so well with extra warm weather and all birds happily into nesting. Unfortunately, for the...
15 curlews, 12 double-banded plovers and $3.13 in change
We are getting up to our expected number of eastern curlews, which is great. Every year it is heart in mouth as to whether their...
It can take 10 or 11 years
For the first time, after years of watching them, I saw an oystercatcher actually eating an oyster. It worked hard prising one off from...
It has been a tough 2 year learning curve
Learning that Council caught a fox in order to protect our endangered shorebirds was both exciting and totally devastating at the same...
Duck season!
While not shorebirds it is great to record unusual birds to the area. Above is a 'raft' of grey teal ducks. They aren't known for...
Be Australian: Support the underdog
Where there is an underdog, most Aussie's root for it. Let's hope, with the help of' our locals, our beach nesting birds are able to...
Little terns try a turn
Today I recorded 4 little terns resting on the beach around noon among the crested terns and silver gulls. It was three hours after the...
The story of the hummingbird
This was a story told by Wangari Maathai, an evironmental activist and Nobel laureate from Ethiopia. There are a few versions, this one...
Are more Oyks moving in?
These photos were taken around 3.45pm, just after high tide. I've seen 5 Pied Oystercatchers on the beach before but never with a camera...
