05 Jan Haig Park Stories
Native Canberran animals are so important. Need to share their biological and cultural importance and their beauty....
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....
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...
I recently saved a baby magpie-lark. While working from home I saw it get knocked out of its nest during a crow attack. It was too small and not ready to leave its nest. After a few days with a carer from ACT Wildlife, we...
Living in Ainslie, the croaky squawk of gang gangs is a common sound. These cheeky birds love to hang out in gangs, working on hollows along the trails of Mount Ainslie. North Ainslie Primary School has the gang gang as it's emblem and our daughter,...
I love Australian birds. I rescued a cockatiel that I found abandoned on the street in 2017 and have since grown my home flock to four birds. I've just come to love the intricacies and intelligence of birds, and the companionship they bring. I especially...