by Tanya | Oct 17, 2022 | BirdLife Castlemaine District, citizen science
It is National Bird Week and I have already completed one bird count for the Aussie Bird Count. I am aiming for at least one a day! Counting birds is the most wonderful mindfulness practice. When I record the birds I see and hear for twenty minutes my mind is calm and...
by Tanya | Sep 22, 2022 | birds, breeding behaviour, citizen science, Gang gang cockatoo, Wombat Forest, Wombat Forestcare
Love is in the air for our local Gang-gang Cockatoos! Pairs start searching for their breeding hollows in August through to September. The scarlet red of the male’s wispy crest and their stocky grey silhouettes distinguish these loveable cockies from other bird...
by Tanya | Aug 15, 2022 | birds, feeding signs, Migration, Pardalotes
At this time of year, people are thrilled to see the first signs of early spring – jonquils and the first silver wattles in flower. But for me – it’s the sound of chip chip, chip chip – the arrival of the Striated Pardalotes that give me that spring thrill. Pardalotes...
by Tanya | Jul 5, 2022 | breeding behaviour, Brush-tailed Phascogale, Wombat Forest
I was coming home from work one night, driving slowly along our dirt road when I was thrilled to spot one of the rarer inhabitants of the Wombat Forest and surrounds – the Brush-tailed Phascogale. These small mammals superficially resemble rats – but rats they most...
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