Bird – Page 11 – Paperbark Writer

26 Mar 2015

Why is the ibis often grubby, and the egret always clean?

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Lifestyle choices or better beauty products? The Australian white ibis often looks grubby, but the white plumage of egrets always looks freshly laundered – with a purity and glow that the makers of clothes detergents would die for. Both birds … Read More

21 Mar 2015

A yellow robin lights up the gloom

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A yellow robin lights up the gloom of a forest at dusk. Sometimes, when I’ve been working quietly in a forest, I sense a presence nearby. A tickle on the back of the neck, or a flicker of something … Read More

10 Mar 2015

Paperbark country

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I live north of Brisbane, Australia, on the shores of Moreton Bay. This is paperbark country, or was. A place where blue gum woodlands once sank into grassy paperbark swamps which themselves interlocked fingers with muddy inlets flanked with … Read More