by Paula Peeters | May 22, 2026 | Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
Two Glossy Black-cockatoos peer down at me from a sheoak tree, both busily munching seeds from a sheoak cone held in each left foot. Gentle gurgles and chortles pass between the two – it’s a male and a female, maybe mates for many years now. A patter of sheoak cone...
by Paula Peeters | May 7, 2026 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
At this time of year, I see two different types of large parrots everyday. The Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (above) and the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (below). One of them eagerly gobbles down the bird seed offered by some of my neighbours. The other never visits the...
by Paula Peeters | Feb 19, 2026 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Cartoons, Letter from Beechmont, Nature journaling
A few recent nature journal pages, from Beechmont and beyond....
by Paula Peeters | Feb 15, 2026 | A cartoon guide to Australian Ecology, Tales of science
A post inspired by, and starring some of the charismatic parrots who are my neighbours: the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo and Pale-headed Rosella. With a cameo by the Long-billed Corella. The evolution of the parrot beak was a major innovation...
by Paula Peeters | Feb 2, 2026 | A cartoon guide to Australian Ecology, Wildlife illustration
Australia has an extraordinary diversity of Eucalyptus trees, and they naturally grow in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Here’s a few I’ve been lucky enough to meet, and some thoughts on why they might grow like they do. Of course ecology is always...
