by Roger Smith | January 30, 2023 | Bird News, Guide Diaries
Travel with top bird guide, Martin Maderthaner, with Australian Geographic and discover new birds.
by Roger Smith | January 21, 2022 | Bird News, Wildlife
Malleefowl are big, diamond encrusted….and endangered! Right there in front of me was one of the world’s rarest birds. A Malleefowl. Having spent much of my young life in the Mallee I knew all about Malleefowl but I’d never seen one. Everyone in the Mallee talks about...
by Roger Smith | June 20, 2021 | Bird News, Wild Top End, Wildlife News
Come to the Katherine Bird Festival this September There’s lots of great reasons why you should learn birds in Katherine — and they’re not all bird related! Do you love colourful birds? The most psychedelic of them all may be Australia’s tiny Gouldian Finch (pictured...
by Janine Duffy | December 8, 2019 | Trip Reports, Wildlife Journey East Gippsland
Summary: A cool windy week. Shrubs flowering, including some showy bottlebrushes & tea-trees, but few large trees flowering. Rainforest fruits few, with exception of Muttonwood and Cabbage Tree Palms in Snowy River area. Forests to west of area (Lakes Entrance)...
by Janine Duffy | November 22, 2019 | Bird News, Wild Top End
The track through Kakadu beside the East Alligator River is narrow, short and walked by many. It is also one of the most reliable places to see a glorious top end bird: the Rainbow Pitta. Rainbow Pittas Pitta iris live in the monsoon forests of Australia’s Top End...