A Snail's Eye View

An occasional blog about natural history, travel, books and writing ... and anything else that catches my attention.

Monday, 4 June 2018

Sparring pademelons

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Red-legged pademelons ( Thylogale stigmatica ) are not sociable animals, but they put up with each other. But every now and then, especially...
Saturday, 2 June 2018

Forest kingfishers

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(I aten't dead.) Forest kingfishers ( Todiramphus macleayi ) are the most frequently encountered kingfisher species in my part of the ...
Sunday, 7 January 2018

Barking Mad

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Several times a week, the birds in the garden get upset at something in the scrub. It could be anything - a tree monitor, a possum, a funny...
Sunday, 31 December 2017

For Bird Nerds: My 2017 List

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Casuariidae Emu Anseranatidae Magpie Goose Anatidae Spotted Whistling-duck Plumed Whistling-duck Wandering Whistling-duck Pink-eared Duck...

2017: Resolving the Resolutions

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Now that 2017 is receding in the rear vision mirror — which needs a bit of a clean, by the way, look at the state of this vehicle — it'...
Sunday, 13 August 2017

White-necked Heron

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Sometimes you can go for months without seeing a white-necked (Pacific) heron. Then, like buses, three turn up at once* At Musgrave, Cape...

Lines from the Road

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Hello. Is this thing on? Er...yes...hello. I've been away for a while. I went to the Blue Mountains and Melbourne. Then I came home ...
Wednesday, 9 August 2017

Spotting Catbirds

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No reason for this post other than I am very fond of these noisy, rambunctious birds. Especially as the male brush-turkey has now tak...
Saturday, 5 August 2017

Bollywood! (No, not that one.)

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I'm on the road at the moment, with limited internet access, so I'll be posting some photos I've taken through the first half of...
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Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, Australia
Moved from Melbourne to the tropics in 2009. Mostly for the wildlife, but also to escape the summer heat. Call me Snail or call me Bronwen Scott. (But don't call me Ishmael.)
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