BIRDS of KILMORE, AUSTRALIA

 Calyptorhynchus funereus       A flock of yellow-tailed Black cockatoos were visiting some old pinus radiata trees on the golf course here ...

 My birdbath and its visitors, hot day January       There are always visitors to the birdbath hidden away under the lemon tree at home. Usu...

 Eastern Spinebill   There has been much activity this week around my fuchsia bushes. A young spinebill has learned the value of these flowe...

EASTERN or COMMON KOEL  I wrote about this bird a little over twelve months ago. A very noisy vagrant from the more northern parts of Austra...

 Black-shouldered Kite  Elanus axillaris     This bird sat for several hours on a  television aerial, just sitting and watching.     Its bri...

Laughing  Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae    It has one of the most iconic of all bird calls in Australia.   As a child I would watch the Mov...

  Red Wattlebird  Anthochaera   The wattlebirds are such a common bird in the Kilmore area, it is sometimes easy to forget how interesting a...

 Eastern Koel Eudynamis orientalis   For several years now, we have been visited in early Summer, by this very noisy black bird. He sits at...

    New Holland HoneyeatersPhylidony nigra       beautiful little birds are very visible during the Spring as they feed on the native flower...

  Palli Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus         Cuckoos have been very vocal in these early days of Spring .  Along the timbered tracks under Mount ...

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis     A bright and sunny morning at Willowmavin. I was walking through thick  yo...

 New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaechollandiae Whilst waiting  for the train at Kilmore East railway station, there are many birds ...