Welcome

Welcome to the blog where I'll hopefully bring you news of my ongoing search for the birds of Australia. I've been down here from Scotland for three and a bit years now and the current species list is standing at 240 out of more than 700 possible.

Australian King Parrot, Katoomba NSW

Up until now the going has been slow and steady with the pigeons notably giving me the run-around, but no more! I've just scored a clapped out 1992 Hyundai Lantra from some dodgy Spaniard and so now with the help of the "Bush Mobile", its most definitely on. My parents also very kindly gave me a camera at Christmas and so I can now show the hunt in glorious colour. Hopefully we'll get to see a load of national parks around the country and maybe get some shots of the birds and critters that live there.

Wee Lizard, NT

I'll have a new target bird for each trip which is a likely new tick for the list, a roadkill strike assessment will give an idea of the number of creatures throwing themselves into the road (ranging from, for example, Extreme (Roos and Emus) at Gundabooka NP to Zero in the Sydney CBD) and we'll also have a "Catch the Pigeon" feature which will determine the most exotic or silly pigeon of the trip.
I'm no photography expert but I'll do my best and maybe get some pictures like these in this entry which were taken by Dad when the folks came to visit at Christmas 2003...

Water Monitor, NT

And absurdly......

Frogs in a dunny, NT