I’ve posted about magpie swooping season before here. From August until November the Australian Magpie is nesting and protects its eggs and young by swooping anything it perceives to be a threat. It’s not much fun for pedestrians or cyclists. I’ve certainly been victim to many a swoop and I try to avoid them if…
Animals
Bees are buzzing
Spring blooms are well and truly out and with them has come an influx of bees. I’m sure our native bees are around but they are mostly tiny (and quiet) so it’s the European bees mostly see and hear. I love bees. Not only because of the essential role they play in our ecosystem, but…
Spring is here
I’ve done it; survived another winter (the 1st of September was our first day of spring). I understand why the birds are preening and chirping like crazy… I feel a little bit that way myself. I remember when I was a kid, we used to say this silly little poem at the start of spring…
The $1 million dollar barramundi – update!
Just a quick update on a post I wrote in 2020 about a fishing contest with a Barramundi worth a million dollars. You can read about the contest here. A few days ago, Katherine local, 19-year-old Keegan Payne, caught the fish in the Katherine River. He caught it just in the nick of time, the…
Bell birds and more
Over the weekend, The Hub and I were driving through some bush and the birds were enjoying the weather as much as we were. Here’s a 15 second recording I made. The bell birds are obvious (they sound like little bells – lovely to hear, but if you are camping near a flock you soon…