![THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (BILQIS) FACING THE HOOPOE, SOLOMON'S MESSENGER/ False signature of Bihzad Iran, Safavid, Qazvin Tinted drawing on paper Date c. 1590-1600. [Public Domain]](http://bird-o.com/files/2011/12/Bilquis-400x196.jpg)
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The Challenge Bird Count, a 64-year Legacy
The 'challenge' bird count grew out of a long-running series of expeditions west of Melbourne, starting just after the second world war. Australian birdwatching luminary Fred Smith (90) was there when the first count was done in 1948. Fred says, "we used to catch the train to Little River then ...![THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (BILQIS) FACING THE HOOPOE, SOLOMON'S MESSENGER/ False signature of Bihzad Iran, Safavid, Qazvin Tinted drawing on paper Date c. 1590-1600. [Public Domain]](http://bird-o.com/files/2011/12/Bilquis.jpg)
Hoopoe: King Solomon’s Messenger Bird
Has any first time vagrant for Australia caused as much astonishment and cheap flight-hunting as Broome’s gorgeous Hoopoe? Possibly not. Just the thought of its journey here boggles the mind. Its closest departure points are thousands of kilometers away in either the Malay peninsula region or Sri Lanka. As it ...
Wetland Birds Arrive in Droves (and car parks)
Scott Baker rang me last night. "I'm watching a Baillon's Crake under a car in Northland Shopping Centre!" It seems that in our second year of La Niña conditions since the ten-year drought broke, there is no end to the places where wetland birds can turn up. Throughout southern Australia, normally ...
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The Message of the Lyrebird
Balangara Films are Nick Hayward (cameraman) and Mark Pearce (Producer). Nick's had a life-long interest in Lyrebirds and was cameraman for "Life of Birds", when the most famous BBC natural history unit footage was ever shot ... of a Lyrebird. Since then, Nick and Mark have contributed hundreds of hours of their time to laying foundations for what could be one of Australia's most influential social/nature documentaries of all time ... and could help us understand more about ourselves, why we have this innate fascination with Lyrebirds and why we should value their conservation. Read more here and find out how you can become part of this unique quest.
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The Bower
We joined Sydney’s Birds Robe Collective at The Old Bar in Fitzroy, Melbourne, on Friday night. Over the past few years,...
