A Sacred Kingfisher started calling at our bush block today– with a loud and far- carrying ‘kek kek kek kek’! … More
Category: birds
The geese saga of Lake Daylesford
This photo shows the Lake Daylesford geese in their new home, a private animal sanctuary in the Mornington Peninsula. Here, … More
When eagles get frisky
Nature Diary has a new home! After ten years, and increasing frustration with the Advocate, I am now being published … More
Chuffed with Choughs
Wheezing, whistling and whining – our two young White-winged Choughs have added to the usual cacophony of their family group … More
The farmers’ friend – a friend in need
The paddocks near my place in Porcupine Ridge are busy with visitors. Almost a hundred Straw-necked ibis may be seen … More
Gang gang family returns
Gang gang cockatoos are known mainly in this district for their habit of feasting on Hawthorn berries in Autumn. But … More
Nice to see Needletails
As thunder rumbled in gathering clouds, with patches of blue sky and impossibly white cumulus clouds edged with sunshine I … More
Flying Dinosaurs: a book review
“As you read this, an estimated 400 billion individual feathered dinosaurs, of 10,000 species, can be found on earth, in … More
Mating swans at Lake Daylesford
I love how a nature moment can occur at any time – not necessarily when out in the forest with … More
Jewels of the dry bush
I most often write about the flora and fauna of the wetter, more higher elevations of the Wombat Forest and … More
