The stretch of road between Glen Helen and Haasts luff to the west of Alice Springs has often been a good bird-watching spot for me. I norm...

Alice Springs experienced a dramatic change in weather on Saturday, it hailed. Very unusual for our area. there was a big build up of cloud...

Central Australian Thornbills You are out in the scrub. You can sense movement and then you hear a chirp, or a twitter and wonder what ...

the Splendid Fairy-wren male (pictured above) really does have a striking presence in the bush. This particular one took a little while ...

Unusually, the middle of Australia is having a normal Spring boom for birds. I haven't noticed this in previous years, and it is nice t...

Spinifex Pigeon Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Variegated Fairy-wren

Recently my son informed me the indigenous names of a few of the local birds are based on the sounds they make. I think the White-plumed Ho...