Owlet-nightjar ant-eating behaviour
Birding, Tourism, ResearchChris WatsonAustralian Owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus, Thorny Devil, Moloch horridus, Mark Carter, Birding & Wildlife, photography, star photography, night birds, nocturnal, ants, ant-eater, diet, central australia, Dr Lisa Doucette, The Bird Observer, foraging
Your Deserts Need You
Birding, Tourism, ResearchChris WatsonMark Carter, birding and wildlife, wildlife tourism, princess parrot, emu, naretha bluebonnet, copperback quail-thrush, sandhill grasswren, tibooburra, gibber, inland dotterel, thick-billed Grasswren, western grasswren, dusky grasswren, ormiston gorge, alice springs, central australia, outback australia, outback tourism, desert expedition, remote birding
Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics
ReviewChris WatsonPapua New Guinea, new guinea, Birds of New Guinea, Thane Pratt, Bruce Beehler, princeton publishing, princeton nature, distribution, taxonomy, systematics, australasian birds, DTS
Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
A Natural History of Australian Parrots: a tribute to William T. Cooper
ReviewChris Watsonwilliam cooper, bill cooper, cooper, joseph forshaw, forshaw, andrew isles, andrew isles natural history books, a natural history of australian parrots, parrots, australia, australian parrots, tribute, nokomis editions, natural history
Gotta Tick 'Em All
Birding, OpinionChris WatsonPokemon, Pokemon Go, Nintendo, birding, birdwatching, Australian Birdlife, Birdlife Australia, birds, Southern Cassowary, Malleefowl, Satin Bowerbird
Britain's Birds: An identification guide to the birds of Britain and Ireland
Review, BirdingChris WatsonBritain's Birds, Princeton University Press, field guide, birds, birding, birdwatching, British Birdwatching Fair, Birdfair, UK, United Kingdom, Scotland, Hebrides, Islay, Mull, Arran, Collins, Collins Bird Guide, Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop, David Tipling, Birds of Australia, Iain Campbell, Red-billed Chough, Crossley, Pizzey and Knight
Journey to the center of the (birding) world
BirdingChris WatsonBirdfair, British Birdwatching Fair, Birdfair UK, Rutland Water, RSPB, Mark Cocker, Birds, birders, birdwatching, birding, Mick Jerram, Mark Carter, England, Britain, twitchers, twitching, Leica, Swarovski, Bushnell, Zeiss
The Red Kangaroo in Central Australia: An Early Account by A. E. Newsome
Review, EcologyChris WatsonRed Kangaroo, Kangaroo, Macropus, Osphranter, rufus, marsupial, mammal, Australia, Central Australia, Northern Territory, zoology, ecology, Samantha Hopley, Baldwin Spencer, F J Gillen, T G H Strehlow, Alice Springs, Alan Newsome, Thomas Newsome, The Red Kangaroo in Central Australia, CSIRO, CSIRO Publishing
What was the first name for grasswrens?
ResearchChris Watsongrasswren, grasswrens, research, ornithology, Amytornis, purnelli, goyderi, modestus, striatus, oweni, Indigenous, language, languages, Pitjantjatjatjara, Western Desert, linnean, scientific nomenclature
Grasswren Grand Slam in Record Time
Birding, TourismChris Watsonbirds, birding, Birding & Wildlife, Mark Carter, Mick Jerram, Peter Waanders, Bellbird Tours, Gecko Canoeing & Trekking, Red Centre, outback, Top End, NT, Northern Territory, South Australia, SA, grasswren, grasswrens, Amytornis, grasswren air safari
Contained Cats & Crowdfunding Conservation Justice
OpinionChris Watsoncats, feral cats, invasive species, kent wilson, RSPCA, animal cruelty, ethics, euthanasia, Arid Recovery, Land for Wildlife, University of South Australia, UniSA, Discovery Circle
The Orange-bellied Parrot: extinction, taxes and conservation realpolitik
Opinion, Current Affairs, BirdingChris WatsonOrange-bellied Parrot, Neophema, Neophema chrysogaster, chrysogaster, Werribee, WTP, extinction, conservation, Australia, wildlife, birdwatching, Critically Endangered, Joe Biden, Dale Nimmo, Federal Election 2016, Bush Heritage Australia, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, AWC, Landcare, Greening Australia, Zoos Victoria, Birdlife Australia, Great Forest National Park, GFNP, National park, tax the church
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