The Hefty Raptor Savanna Hawk
The Savanna Hawk is a hefty raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. The Savanna...
Brown Bear – The Himalayan Largest Mammal
The Himalayan Brown Bear is known as The Himalayan Red Bear. Its distribution from northern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, northern India, west China, Nepal, and...
Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
The Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) is usually seen in pairs or small parties feeding among the outermost branches of forest trees, especially eucalypts...
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
History
There is nothing more serene than the singing of a blackbird (Turdus merula) when it breeds. In the late 1850s and 1860s, the Blackbird...
Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
Description:
The Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) or Waxbill is Australia's most familiar finch. The species is widespread along the eastern seaboard and has now been...
Grey-cheeked thrush (Catharus minimus)
Grey-cheeked thrush is a medium size bird 15 to 17 cm in length, a member of a migrant group with veery and Bicknell’s Thrush....
Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi)
Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) inhabits cliffs, gorges, boulder-strewn ridges, and crevices. John Thomas Tunney discovered the bird on the Arnhem Land escarpment in 1902....
Birch (Betula alba)
Birch (Betula alba) is a graceful native tree that will refresh your life and fill it with excitement and passion. The bark of a...
Black-necked Stork and Its Regal Presence in Wetlands
Family:
The black-necked stork is a long-necked wading bird in the stork family.
Habitats:
There are some storks (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) that are sociable, but the Black-necked Stork,...
The Cruciferae (Brassicaceae)
Most of the urban flowers illustrated here have obvious similarities. The flowers of honesty, wallflower, and shepherd's-purse are, like the cuckoo flower. There are...