Owl Pellets: what are they and what can they teach us?
Raptors, ResearchChris WatsonMasked Owl, Australian Masked Owl, Northern Masked Owl, Tyto novaehollandiae, Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli, kimberli, Rufous Owl, Ninox rufa, Grey Falcon, Falco hypoleucos, pellets, castings, analysis, diet, raptor, raptors
NBN Failure and the Ghost of Old Heavitree
Review: Birds of New Guinea (2nd Edition)
ReviewChris WatsonBirds of New Guinea, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, West Papua, PNG, birds, birding, birdwatching, field guide, review, book review, Tim Low, Where Song Began, Australia, Princeton, Princeton University Press
The Platypodes of Coranderrk
Citizen Science, ResearchChris Watsonplatypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Ornithorhynchus, anatinus, duckbill, Coranderrk, Healesville Sanctuary, Badger Creek, Healesville, Melbourne Water, urban platypus program, platypusSPOT, CESAR, urban research, research, David Fleay, Yarra, Wurundjeri
The Night Parrot: A bird in the hand but how many left in the bush?
Opinion, Citizen Science, ResearchChris WatsonNight Parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis, John Young, Bush Heritage, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, AWC, Pullen Pullen Reserve, Pink-headed Duck, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Buff-breasted Button-quail, ornithology, birds, birding, twitching, birdwatching, twitching hordes
We Don't Climb
OpinionChris WatsonUluru, UKTNP, Parks Australia, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Ayers Rock, Uluru climb, climbing, Alex Honnold, Northern Territory, NT, Red Centre, Jo Stewart, Sean Kelly, reactance, Derren Brown, Sea Shepherd, Sam Vincent, Blood and Guts, Whale Wars
Birds On Money: not a field guide but a talking point
Current AffairsChris Watsonmoney, banknotes, Australia, Reserve Bank of Australia, RBA, Eastern Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, spinebill, honeyeater, Prickly Moses, Acacia verticillata, New Zealand, Twitter, #5dollarnote, Ken Done, Birdlife Australia, new five dollar note
Review: Australian Wildlife After Dark
ReviewChris WatsonBook review, books, Australian Wildlife After Dark, CSIRO Publishing, Martyn Robinson, Bruce Thomson, Australian Birdlife, Birdlife Australia, spotlighting, nocturnal, natural history
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet: a wild hybrid
birdingChris Watsonhybrid, wild hybrid, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet, parrots, birds, birding, birdwatching, Ricketts Point, Beaumaris, Bayside, Trichoglossus haematodus, Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, Trichoglossus, chlorolepidotus, haematodus, Banksia integrifolia
Birds in Dead Trees
Review, birdingChris Watsonfield guide, field guides, books, Australia, Australian, Australian birds, Simpson and Day, Ken Simpson, Nicolas Day, Slater, Peter Slater, Pizzey and Knight, Graham Pizzey, Frank Knight, CSIRO Publishing, Morcombe, Michael Morcombe, Iain Campbell, Nick Leseberg, Sam Woods, birds of australia, field guide to Australian birds, Collins, Collins Bird Guide, Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney, Dan Zetterstrom, Book review, Cayley, What bird is that?
Review: The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia by David Andrew
ReviewChris WatsonThe Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia, mammals of Australia, finding mammals, mammals, australia, David Andrew, CSIRO, CSIRO Publishing, Common Ringtail Possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Fat-tailed Dunnart, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, marsupials
On The Island Of Borneo
birding, TourismChris WatsonBorneo, Sabah, Malaysia, Asia, Birds, Birding, birdwatching, orangutan, gibbon, Gomantong, Kinabatangan, Tabin, Danum Valley, Kinabalu
The heart of the Never Never
TourismChris WatsonMick Jerram, Gecko Canoeing & Trekking, hiking, trekking, Top End, Katherine, Darwin, birding, Northern Giant Cave Gecko, Black-Banded Fruit Dove, Saltwater Crocodile, Freshwater Crocodile, crocodile, Katherine River, Nitmiluk, Kakadu, Kakadu National Park, Nitmiluk National Park, Arnhem Land, Great Walks Magazine, Northern Territory, tourism, Dinner Creek, Motorcar Falls, Edith Falls, Leliyn, Yurmikmik
Review: Understanding Bird Behaviour by Stephen Moss
Please allow me to introduce myself...
To those about to bird hard - we salute you
birdingChris WatsonVictwitch, Twitchathon, Birdlife Victoria, Birdlife Australia, Mallee IBA, IBA, Mallee Emu-wren, coffee, Andrew Stafford, Sean Dooley, Australian Birdlife, Steve Davidson, The Melbourne Birder, Big Day, Big Year, birding, Australia, Victoria, Just Giving
Flying Dinosaurs: how fearsome reptiles became birds by John Pickrell
ReviewChris WatsonFlying Dinosaurs, Newsouth, John Pickrell, Australian Geographic, Darren Naish, Tet Zoo, Tetrapod Zoology, archaeopteryx, dinosaurs, theropod, feathers, birds, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Colin Trevorrow, evolution, fossils, palaeontology
The Princess & Lady Luck
Herping, birding, Tourism, Citizen ScienceChris WatsonPrincess Parrot, Polytelis alexandrae, parrots, birds, birding, desert, western desert, thorny devil, Centralian Carpet Python, herping, citizen science, research, Night Parrot, Mark Carter, Birding & Wildlife
Birds of the Darwin Region by Niven McCrie and Richard Noske
Brown Falcon and Thorny Devil - predator and prey
Herping, RaptorsChris Watsonreptiles, herps, herping, lizard, Thorny Devil, Moloch horridus, Brown Falcon, Falco berigora, raptor, crypsis, Red Centre, Central Australia, Lasseter Highway
