Birds

Rufous Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

The nocturnal habits and chunky, cinnamon-toned form set the Rufous Night Heron apart from other Australian herons. There is a higher percentage of them-up 85 percent-also carry the virus...

The Dunlin and Sanderling

The dunlin and sanderling are small, gregarious waders often seen on our mudflats and long sandy beaches in...

Aster Flower Information – Grow Gorgeous Colors of Falls

The glory of the fall garden, Aster Flower range in height from six tall to just above the...

Aconite Eranthis Hyemalis Flower

The Aconite Eranthis Hyemalis flower bulb sends up three to eight-inch stems in the late winter or very...

Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)

Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) so named for the lobes of skin on their cheeks, belong to the honeyeaters,...

Rufous Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

The nocturnal habits and chunky, cinnamon-toned form set the Rufous Night Heron apart from other Australian herons. There is a higher percentage of them-up...

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

Behavior and Habitats: In the underparts of the Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), there is a faint but evanescent rosy coloration that gives the species its...

White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)

Habitats & Behaviour: In Australia, the White-fronted Tern is an endemic marine species, never found inland; in contrast, in New Zealand, where it breeds, the...

The White-winged Dove Call

The white-winged dove call observed as a hhhhHEPEP poou pooooo, seems to be the word "who cooks for you.". They also make a pep-pair...

Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo zeachii)

The closest relative of the Laughing Kookaburra, the Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo zeachii) lives in the northern and northeastern coastal fringes of Australia as well...

Red-backed Button-quail (Turnix maculosa)

The female of Red-backed Button-quail is, as with other buttonquail, polyandrous, mating with itinerant males each breeding season and never pairing with any. She...

The fire-tailed Myzornis

The fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura) is a bird species formerly placed in the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae). Its genus Myzornis is monotypic and...

Hume’s wheatear: A Rare Enigmatic Beauty In the Wild

Family: Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a member of the Old-World flycatcher family Muscicapidae in the genus Oenanthe that a French ornithologist, Louis Vieillot,...

Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima)

Habitats: The Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima) is the only member of its family that walks and feeds on the ground. Due to its long legs,...

Ruddy Kingfisher: A Perfect Photogenic Bird

When you’re a beginner, you get excited about seeing beautiful birds of any kind. However, when you’ve been photographing or bird-watching for some time,...