Willie Wagtail
Bird life with Tony Wellington Every reader will likely be familiar with the hyperactive Willie Wagtail. With a lifespan of twelve to fifteen years, this is an endearing bird that…
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Willie Wagtail
Red-browed Finch
Bird life with Tony Wellimgton These plucky little birds gather in small flocks of around ten or twelve. They are readily spotted because they feed low to the ground, often…
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Red-browed Finch
Grey Fantail
Bird life With Tony Wellington No one can have walked the forest paths of Noosa without coming across a Grey Fantail. These plucky little birds are adapted to a wide…
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Grey Fantail
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Bird Life with Tony Wellington The Red-backed Fairy-wren is the smallest of Australia’s fairy-wrens, and the only one not to display some blue plumage. Of course, it’s just the males…
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Red-backed Fairy-wren
The Scarlet Honeyeater
SCARLET HONEYEATER Bird Life with Tony Wellington The Scarlet Honeyeater is a spectacular little bird and the most brightly coloured of the local honeyeaters. They forage high up in the…
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The Scarlet Honeyeater
Clean Up Australia Day: EUMUNDI Tennis Club creek
On Sunday March 7, 2021, our community is encouraged to join a Sunshine Coast Clean Up Australia Day event, by registering for one of 29 public clean-up sites in hinterland and…
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Clean Up Australia Day: EUMUNDI Tennis Club creek
KATIE NOONAN TRIO to perform in Eumundi
Katie Noonan Trio SUPPORTED BY THE FERAL CATS OF TOKYO Saturday 24 April – @Imperial Hotel Eumundi The Katie Noonan Trio will be taking to the stage in The Brewery…
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KATIE NOONAN TRIO to perform in Eumundi
Glossy Black Cockatoos
Bird Life with Tony Wellington Glossy Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhyncus lathami) are not glossy at all. They are predominantly brown-black with bright tail panels. Glossy Black Cockatoos are also extremely fussy…
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Glossy Black Cockatoos
Bird Life with Tony Wellington: Comb-crested Jacana
These birds are remarkably well-adapted to their habitat – which is any freshwater body of sufficient size to support water lilies. Their long, spindly toes allow them to walk across…
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Bird Life with Tony Wellington: Comb-crested Jacana
The Pheasant Coucal is familiar to many in 4562
Bird life With Tony Wellington The Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus) is more often heard than seen. The call is a haunting, surprisingly deep “whoop, whoop, whoop” usually emanating from a dark…
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The Pheasant Coucal is familiar to many in 4562