by Janine Duffy | July 21, 2019 | Bird News, Maximum Wildlife
Some of the most charming little birds of Australia, Australian Robins are perch and pounce insect-eaters that are familiar to most backyard gardeners and farmers. They will use a favourite perch over and over – darting to the forest floor to snatch an insect, then...
by Janine Duffy | July 15, 2019 | Bird News, Maximum Wildlife
A very special Maximum Wildlife trip to Western Australia’s Pilbara & Exmouth regions. On the red rocky hillside, pebbles were rolling slowly down towards the water. But it wasn’t pebbles we could see, it was wild Spinifex Pigeons. .. It was our first...
by Janine Duffy | July 5, 2019 | Bird News, Maximum Wildlife
Australia is the land of the albatross. We are a nation surrounded by ocean – the Pacific to the east and north, the Indian to the west and north, and the wildest of them all – the Southern Ocean, to the south. The Southern Ocean is the only ocean that completely...
by Janine Duffy | June 21, 2019 | Bird News
Superb Lyrebirds light up the dark rainforest on winter days with their thrilling song and flashy tail. One day in early spring I was walking with guests along a rainforest creek in the Snowy River National Park. We heard a male Superb Lyrebird singing at full...
by Janine Duffy | April 27, 2019 | Bird News, Mungo Outback Journey
by Morwenna Petaia The Emu is one of the iconic birds of the Australian Outback, and there’s no better way to see them than on the Mungo Outback Journey. Here are 5 amazing facts about Emus. 1. Emus can go without food for 2 months. Female Emu birds are slightly...
by Janine Duffy | April 3, 2019 | Bird News, Mungo Outback Journey
Pink Cockatoos: there’s something about them. Actually, there’s 5 things about them that make them very, very special. Its needless to point out that they are gorgeous. Just look at them. John Gould, pioneering ornithologist, called the Pink (Major Mitchell) Cockatoo...
