Birds

Chestnut-breasted Whiteface (Aphelocephala pectoralis)

Chestnut-breasted Whiteface (Aphelocephala pectoralis) belongs to the family Acanthizidae. One of Australia's least known and most rarely seen birds, the Chestnut-breasted Whiteface has not been described until 1871. A nest...

Why Do You Need to Eat More Vegetables?

Like fruit, Eat More Vegetables are packed full of antioxidants that help our bodies fight free radicals. The...

The Best Way to Grow Broccoli

I have great respect for Broccoli because it appreciates the cool climate in which we live. In a...

The Strandline – Whim of the Waves

Representatives of the great hidden storehouse of life in seas from the most primitive hydroid to an enormous...

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Call

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Call When birders hear the blue-cheeked bee-eater call, they know summer is in full swing. They typically...

The Enchanting Beauty of the Red and Yellow Barbet

The Red and Yellow Barbet, also named “Trachyphonus erythrocephalus” belongs to the African barbet family. This bird can be found in eastern Africa, in...

Azure Kingfisher: Nature’s Living Jewel in Magnificent Detail

The Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) can be found alone or sometimes in dispersed pairs. From its perch on a low branch, rarely higher than...

Grey Francolin Sound

Grey Francolin Sound Grey Francolin Sound is loud and high-pitched. It is normally found in open cultivated lands, scrub forests, and wild bush vegetation. In...

Nuttall’s Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)

The size of Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) is about 18–19cm in length. The woodpecker food and foraging is usually a solitary forager that probes...

The Ladder-backed woodpecker

The size of the ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) is about 17–18 cm in length. The diet of ladder-backed woodpeckers consists of foraging insects and...

Banded Pitta: A Kaleidoscope of Nature’s Brilliance”

This is one of three separate species of banded pittas that were lumped together as one. Due to their vocal and visual differences, the...

Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis)

The Black-backed Butcherbird (Cracticus mentalis) replaces the Grey Butcherbird on the Cape York Peninsula and in southeastern New Guinea. Like the Gray, it lives...

Banded Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)

The banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus cinctus) was probably more widespread when rainforests covered more of northern Australia than they do now. Compared to other...

Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis)

The beautiful Little friarbird (Philemon citreogularis) lives in Eucalypt woodlands alongside very noisy and Silver-crowned Friarbirds around much of eastern and northern Australia. The...

Little Eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides)

Behavior: In both light and dark color phases, the little eagle is a rather sedentary bird, with each pair spending much of the day...