Author: Marius

Galah

Post author By Marius
Post date 26 February, 2026

**#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 25 in a series**

Linda has drawn one of our favourites, the Galah. We don’t see many around Blaxland, presumably because of the dominance of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos…

Our dirty little secret is that, we had one at home as a companion when we lived in the City . Mind you, their voice is pretty loud when it competes with the TV … Anyway, we accidentally left the front door open and it deserted us! When we moved to Blaxland, we learnt to enjoy birds in the bush, except for the cockatiel which turned up one day…

* Blaxland Birds List
More about this bird:
* Wikipedia

Illustrations Noisy Miner

Noisy Miner

Post author By Marius
Post date 25 February, 2026

**#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 24 in a series**

Ahhh…. the Noisy Miner. An absolutely lovely rendering by Linda! While we love all birds, they’re a bit of a pest, really… Never by themselves, always mucking around. I think they’re probably the reason we don’t see the Indian Minah (earlier Linda subject) around our place.

Our Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Noisy Miner:
* Wikipedia
* Calls (Youtube)

Illustrations Which Bird?

Common Bronzewing

Post author By Marius
Post date 24 February, 2026

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 23 in a series

Linda‘s lovely drawing doesn’t really show the reason why it’s called a Bronzewing… Have a look under its wings on the video below. They are regular visitors to our water bowl as they need lots of drinks, particularly during summer.

More Bronzewing entries :
* Drinks Hierarchy
* Taking Turns
* Three is a Crowd
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia Entry.

Illustrations Which Bird?

Red Wattlebird

Post author By Marius
Post date 23 February, 2026

aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 22 in a series

The Wattlebird is of our favourites and regular visitor when the gum trees are flowering, It is named after the wattle (earlobe) not the wattle (popular flowering tree). Linda has again done a lovely job with this drawing.

It has a very distinctive call:

More Wattlebird entries:
* At the birdbath
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds Listing
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia Entry
* Red Wattlebird Call

Illustrations Which Bird?

Crimson Rosella

Post author By Marius
Post date 22 February, 2026

aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 21 in a series

They are a pretty common sight around our place. I still need to add a “water bowl” video , but a still photo is here. Mind you, Linda, when you mention Rosella around here, some people still associate it with tomato sauce…

yeah… I know, it’s the Eastern Rosella, not the Crimson relative.

More Crimson Rosella entries:
* Colour Contrast
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* Rosella (the brand)

Illustrations Which Bird?

Willie Wagtail

Post author By Marius
Post date 21 February, 2026

aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 19 in a series

The little Willie Wagtail was too big for one page in Linda’s sketch book. Or did she want to wag its tail?
We haven’t yet managed to capture on on our camera…

Other birds
* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Willie Wagtail:
* Wikipedia

Illustrations Superb Lyrebird

Superb Lyrebird

Post author By Marius
Post date 20 February, 2026

This beautiful sketch by Linda can’t do justice to its real talent, the superb mimicry of the songs of its competitors. Turn the sound up and have a listen:

And yes, we’ve got them on video scratching around our “bird bath” . For far away readers, “wij hebben geen tuin” [ we don’t have a garden], but a national park :-). Anyway, video from behind our house:

Our Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Lyrebird:
* Wikipedia
* Calls (Youtube)

Illustrations Which Bird?

Red-browed Finch

Post author By Marius
Post date 19 February, 2026

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 18 in a series

A lovely rendering of the Red-browed Finch by Linda. One of those little birds that never stops and always looks busy. Too busy to have a drink at our water bowl and pose for the camera…

* Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
Birds in Backyards entry

Illustrations Which Bird?

Peewee

Post author By Marius
Post date 18 February, 2026

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 17 in a series

We used to see these a lot when we lived in Kingswood (a while back, …cough). Linda, once you listen to their call you’ll never call them Magpie-larks again….

Peewee calling…

* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia

Illustrations Which Bird?

Rainbow Lorikeet

Post author By Marius
Post date 17 February, 2026

#aussiebirdsketch by @linlovesart on Instagram, number 16 in a series

It was so easy for Linda to fall in love with the colours, but what is really striking about these birds is their sheer arrogance. They know they’re beautiful and think they know it all… [this is the couple which breeds in our tree every year]

More Rainbow Lorikeet entries:
* Close…
* Nesting
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird