05 Jan Haig Park Stories
Love the blue wrens singing for me each morning...
Love the blue wrens singing for me each morning...
animals > humans...
We found a spotted pardalote nest during the 2021 lockdown on mount ainslie and used to go with friends kids to watch it quietly. They we special birds....
My father loved the Australian bush and always said that Crimson Rosellas were his favourite birds. He often wore a blue and red striped rugby jersey - the same colours of these beautiful birds. He died in July this year, just as the wattle started...
Native Canberran animals are so important. Need to share their biological and cultural importance and their beauty....
I selected mostly rare and threatened animals from the Canberra region....
Cockatoos always look like they're smiling and having fun and that always makes me smile....
I love seeing all 10 birds chosen, especially the Gang-gangs with their creaky gate call!...
Trying not to trip over red-rumped parrots while walking is part of Canberra life...
I live on Ijong Street and there is a resident Fairy Wren family. Would love to see them depicted just down the road....
The sulphur-crested cockatoo is gregarious, playful, mischievous, and intelligent. When I feel overwhelmed and depressed, a visit from these birds never fails to lift my mood. They just have an infectious happiness about them!...
There's a lot of attention paid to the "big birds" but I love the tiny flocks that dart around when you are patient enough to wait and the insects and amphibians that sustain the whole ecosystem....