I spend many many restorative hours tramping over this wide brown land chasing as many of Australia’s 850+ bird species as I can. And if I don’t see them, I think of all the wonderful places that I’ve been anyway. That aside, I have seen over 620 species and I haven’t been to any of the offshore islands such as Norfolk, Lord Howe, Christmas, Macquarie etc.
I speak about birds and birdwatching and I lead tours of amateurs and afficianados alike, locally and to India, a country I’ve visited many times. Check the tabs here and see things that I’ve written about birds, musings on birdwatching and bird activities.
Australia’s largest night parrot population may be protected by dingoes, but mining in remote WA habitat planned Peter de Kruijff ABC Science Monday 23 September, 2024 Night parrots like this …
Could we be seeing a benefit from climate change? As oceans warm and monsoons push south and further inland, are the wetter years in Night parrot country leading to more …
There’s passing reference to the enigmatic and likely fabulist John Young, claiming yet another rediscovery. Greg Roberts The Weekend Australia, 21-22 December, 2024 Paradise Parrot – lost, found, lost again: …
Greg Roberts is a prolific blogger and his sunshine coast birds blog is always worth a look. He also branches out into the mainstream media (if we can call Murdoch’s …
Journo and bird blogger Greg Roberts has been on the trail of puzzling claims around three of our critically-endangered species. What are we to make of these claims and …
Secrets of Night Parrot unlocked after first genome sequenced Article in The National Tribune14 Feb 2024 Researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have sequenced the first genome of the …
Patrick Webster, PhD candidate at University of Queensland’s RARES, Research And Recovery of Endangered Species, is applying scientific methodology to investigate if such a species exists, if so where it …
Painted or Buff-breasted? Buttonquail in the spotlight sunshinecoastbirdsA natural history blog by Greg Roberts, Sunshine Coast, Australia Monday 20 December 2021 Painted or Buff-breasted? Buttonquail, that is. The reputation …
Night parrot located by KJ rangers on Martu country in the Pilbara Karen Michelmore and Laura BirchABC Pilbara The elusive night parrot has been found in Western Australia’s remote salt lake country.(Supplied: …
Rare recording of ‘mysterious’ night parrot song made by Indigenous rangers in Gibson Desert ABC Alice Springs Charmayne Allison and Meredith Lake Sat 16 Dec 2023 Indigenous rangers have captured a rare …