05 Jan Haig Park Stories
animals > humans...
Author: eggpicnic
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
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....
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
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...
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
Native Canberran animals are so important. Need to share their biological and cultural importance and their beauty....
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
I selected mostly rare and threatened animals from the Canberra region....
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
Cockatoos always look like they're smiling and having fun and that always makes me smile....
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
I love seeing all 10 birds chosen, especially the Gang-gangs with their creaky gate call!...
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
Trying not to trip over red-rumped parrots while walking is part of Canberra life...
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
I live on Ijong Street and there is a resident Fairy Wren family. Would love to see them depicted just down the road....
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
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!...
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
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....
05 Jan Haig Park Stories
My Dad loves magpies. He lived for forty years in Holt and watched many generations of magpies grow up. He would feed them and also make sure they had calcium powder for their bones. They would come to his whistle and follow him around when...