Birds

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (Gliciphila melanops)

DESCRIPTION - The Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters (Gliciphila melanops) is a passerine bird native to Southern Australia. The male Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters bird rises in spectacular song-flights in spring to mark their...

Why Drunken Trees Behave in Mysterious Way

What are Drunken Trees? Drunken trees are a stand of trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment. This most...

No More Mistakes – Important Tips To Care of Herbs

As a gardener, you should know about the care of herbs. The plants grown in gardens are all...

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)

Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis) is a small passerine bird found on treeless grass plains and saltbush shrub steppes...

Cherry Fruit – A Natural Fruit with an Unnatural Health Benefits

Introduction The cherry tree is one of the world’s oldest cultivated fruit trees. This is not some mythological or...

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 measures between 54 and 70 cm...

Sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis)

FAMILY:  Sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis), also called sun conures in aviculture, are medium-sized, vibrantly colored parrots native to northeastern South America. It belongs to the...

The Brown Falcon: Nature’s Master of Versatility and Adaptability

Habitat: The Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) is usually seen alone or in pairs, but in the non-breeding season several may be seen within sight...

Rock Dove Characteristics and Habitats

You observed those familiar, although often disregarded, birds when you traveled down busy streets or through parks. Here we will explore the life of...

The Black-headed nightingale-thrush

Habitat and Behavior: black-headed nightingale-thrush is much like other Catharus thrushes, being terrestrial and reclusive unless singing. These birds' natural habitats are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forest...

The Magical Natural Beauty of Plumbeous water redstart

Identification: Plumbeous water redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) male bird is entirely bluish slaty with chestnut tail and rufous vent. However, the female is above-average dark grey-brown...

Citrine Wagtail Identification and Call

Citrine Wagtail Identification The male adult bird summer unmistakable, with canary-yellow head and underparts, gray upperparts, black lower nape (extending to sides of the neck),...

The Striking Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

The striking Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is our only regular “long-tailed king-bird.” But it is not only elegant and attractive but also common and easy to...

Grey Falcon: The rarest raptor in Australia

Habitat: Grey falcon (Falco hypoleucos) is found on the timbered plains of the dry interior. It is one of Australia’s rarest raptors. Singly or...

The White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Identification The most familiar is the white wagtail with a combination of black crown and throat (or at least breast band).  This wagtail has white sides...