In late spring, there was a flurry of Eremaea reports of a Powerful Owl family in the Wilson Reserve, and since we live just a 10 minute drive away from Ivanhoe, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add a lifer to our list. The Wilson Reserve isn’t large compared to some of the national parks…
Shore birds and waders are often just out of binocular and zoom lens range. For this reason, avid birders often lug around a ‘spotting scope’ to zoom-in on distant subjects. The best of the best are undoubtedly those made by Swarovski (yup, they don’t only manufacture expensive glass ornaments), but the higher-end models can cost as much…
It never ceases to amaze us that forests teeming with wildlife still exist so close to Melbourne. Take the Warrandyte State Park for example: just 30 minutes drive from the CBD is an almost alien world (to city slickers) of crisp, unpolluted air, rich history, thick forests, a multitude of bird species, and even koalas! Based on…
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