A bird we don’t see, but often hear, particularly this time of the year. Don’t you love the eyes… We really admire Linda’s portrayal of our birds, even though she hasn’t seen them herself!
Wikipedia entry for the Tawny Frogmouth.
Would love to see one of those in our backyard! Will make it another honorary Blaxland Bird… Linda Franken just keeps producing smart, pretty and even arrogant birds for her Australian Birds project on her Instagram and Facebook accounts.
Meanwhile, here is a bit about the New Holland Honeyeater.
Another brilliant rendering by Linda Franken for her Australian Birds project. We haven’t seen a Magpie at our place recently. only their close relative the Currawong.
More about the Australian Magpie (check its calls).
Alternatively, the Currawong.
Another bird we’ve seen in our garden! We might think of it as a BlaxlandBird. A lovely drawing by Linda Franken in her project on Australian birds.
More about the Brown Cuckoo-Dove.
Here is a bird which we haven’t yet spotted in our garden, although, by rights, it should come along occasionally. It’s number 5 in Linda’s series of drawings. Its Birdlife entry is here.
The bowerbird is a regular visitor to our garden, and pretty bossy as you can see in the video below. It’s number 4 in Linda’s series of drawings. Meanwhile, its Birdlife entry is here and this month’s defence of the birdbath is below:
Here is a bird which we haven’t yet captured at our water bowl, the Indian or Common Mynah. A wonderful rendition by Linda… Check linlovesart on Instagram.
Day 2 of Linda’s February project brings us an old favourite, the King Parrot. Check linlovesart on Instagram.
* More about the King Parrot
* Our earlier sighting of an immature bird.
A distant (other side of the world) but precious (2nd) cousin has taken up the challenge of sketching an Australian bird every day this February. Check linlovesart on Instagram.
Often heard around our place, but not often sighted is the Lyrebird. When you hear them, it’s like a catalogue of all the local bird song, intermingled with other environment noise. Lawn mowers, chain saws and, when we still had landlines, ringing telephones… Wikipedia Example
Learn more about the Suberb Lyrebird [Wikipedia]