Discovery

The sight of all these Magpie Geese and the sound of the cicadas remind me of a short piece I shared a few years back on Radio National's Country Hour program.

Last week I heard a strange 'hoinking' coming from a mahogany tree near the house which turned out to be a Channel-billed Cuckoo.

After very heavy and unseasonal rain overnight, the garden is jumping with birds, cicadas, dragonflies and butterflies. Everyone is out either feasting, mating or drying out, including a very sogggy brushtail possum that lives in a tree next to our house.

Another list started with spiders, butterflies, moths, dragonflies and all sorts of other creepy crawly goodness.

We've quite a few more to add too.

Gill has produced a video promoting the threats faced by two Australian Cockatoo species, Baudin's and Carnaby's cockatoo.  It has been very well received so far and you can view it here.  If you

Haunting, mournful and eerie are words often used to describe the night-time calls of the enigmatic curlew.  It’s little wonder these birds are shrouded in myths about death and mourning.

I was sitting at my desk at home last week typing busily away when I became aware of a flurry of activity in the native cherry outside the window.