Birds

The Hambach Festival (1832 A.D.)

The history of the Hambach Festival revealed it was a German national democratic event held from May 27 to 30, 1832, at Hambach Castle, near Neustadt an der Weinstraße,...

Purple-crowned Lorikeet: A Visual Feast

Despite the stunning array of colors on the Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala), it blends amazingly well with the...

How to Grow Pink Dianthus in Garden

Pink Dianthus flowers are often pink but are sometimes shades of red or white. Sometimes Dianthus are marked...

15 Facts of Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

Here are 15 interesting facts about Snowy Owl. The Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) is a massive bird that...

How to Grow World’s Healthiest Food Cucumbers?

Cucumbers have come a long way. If you grew them twenty years ago and gave them because you...

White-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis)

Habitat: The white-eared honeyeater (Nesoptilotis leucotis) is unlike most of its relatives; it is not communal, rarely gathers at flowering food trees, and never forms...

Yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)

Habitat: The yellow-tufted honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops) is found throughout their range in healthy eucalypt woodlands and open forests in southeastern Australia. Yellow-tufted honeyeaters live...

Double-eyed Fig Parrot: Best Tiniest Parrot in Australia

Habitat: The double-eyed fig parrot (Cyclopsitta diophthalma) was given its curious name because of a spot close to the eye in some races, giving the impression...

Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi)

There is an endemic species of the Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi) in coastal Queensland, Australia, which belongs to the monarch-flycatcher family, Monarchidae. Pied monarchs...

Tennessee warbler “Vermivora peregrine”

IDENTIFICATION The Tennessee warbler “Vermivora peregrine” is a medium size, 11.5 cm in length. This is a small transatlantic vagrant with a fairly plump, short-tailed...

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)

IDENTIFICATION Red Avadavat is 9 cm in length.  This bird species is a locally established introduction from tropical Asia in the Iberian Peninsula, Northern Italy,...

The Magnificent Red-headed woodpecker

Habitat: The red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) is a common transient and summer resident statewide. It is a local and irregular winter resident in the eastern part...

Little Raven (Corvus mellori)

Little Raven (Corvus mellori) is so similar to the Australian Raven in appearance that for many years the former was not recognized as a...

Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)

Habitat: The Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) is the only Corvidae member in Tasmania. The Forest Raven's most characteristic feature is its short, deep baritone cawing,...

Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)

Habitat: In autumn and winter, Satin Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) leave their breeding quarters on the edges of rainforest and dense wet sclerophyll along the eastern...