Birds

Hawk Sounds to Scare Birds

Hawk sounds to scare birds and squirrels are a powerful and effective way to keep birds away from your garden. Using hawk sounds can be a game-changer. How they...

Polaskia chichipe: Elegant cactus that resembles a columnar tree

Habitat: The Polaskia chichipe succulent cactus grows in xerophytic shrubland. Plants are treelike, branching more or less terminally...

Gibberbird “Ashbyia lovensis”

Description: Gibberbirds are unique among chatterbirds. It is a beautiful Australian bird, performed during the breeding season, probably by...

Magpie-lark – The Unsung Heroes of Urban Birding

Behavior and Habitats In Australia, the Magpie-lark-or Peewee (Grallina cyanoleuca) can be found anywhere. The species thrives in Tasmania...

Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

The size of the Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), Eurasian Nutcracker, is about 32 cm in length. This nutcracker...

Hawk Sounds to Scare Birds

Hawk sounds to scare birds and squirrels are a powerful and effective way to keep birds away from your garden. Using hawk sounds can...

Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)

The pink robin (Petroica rodinogaster) is a small, brightly colored passerine native to Southeastern Australia. A cool temperate forest in far southeast Australia is...

Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata)

Dusky Robin (Melanodryas vittata) is known by several names, such as Stump Robin, Wood Robin, Dozey Robin, Native Sparrow, Sleepy, and Sad Bird. It...

Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata)

Among Australian robins, the Hooded Robin (Melanodryas cucullata) is the most widespread. The Robins of the Cape York Peninsula and Tasmania are sedentary in the lightly...

Australian boobook (Ninox boobook)

Australian boobook (Ninox boobook) or mopoke is the smallest and most abundant of the owls in Australia. It is also known as, Southern Boobook,...

The Channel-Billed Toucan

The Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) is a toucan that is found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana and in tropical South...

Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

Gouldian Finch is bold coloring and has brought the brilliant finch fame as a caged bird and misfortune in the wild. Once widespread through...

The Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

In the right terms, "Sialia" is the Latinized, neuter plural version of the Greek word sialis, a noun meaning a "kind of bird." The...

Noisy Scrubbird (Atrichornis clamosus)

The Noisy scrubbird (Atrichornis clamosus) is a terrestrial bird, that spends most of its time on or close to the ground in the dense...

Slaty-backed thornbill (Acanthiza robustirostris)

Slaty-backed thornbill (Acanthiza robustirostris) belongs to the Acanthizidae family. The species is endemic to Australia. Mulga woodlands of central-western Australia are home to this...