Birds
We have a little house with a very small .. mostly concrete back- yard .. but there are a couple of trees nearby and with some encouragement we do get a few birds in to visit. I’ve been snapping photos…
Paris
A few weekends ago we went on a trip to Paris. Luckily for us the sun was shining for pretty much the entire time, and even the Parisians seemed friendly. Annabel did an amazing job of showing us the sights…
Snow
Well the days are indeed getting long now, and today it was so warm I even took off my down jacket. But on easter weekend we got a last (I hope) blast of winter with a nice little bit of…
Birds
Spring is definitely here and the birds know it! Last week I came down one morning to look at our feeder and saw a whole flock of siskin zipping around it. Until that day we’d only had our wintering stalwarts…
Spring Flowers
It’s a hopeful time of the year to be in the North. The days are getting longer by several minutes a day now, and thanks to global warming most plants are well and truly in flower. Just to celebrate the…
Kapalwanamu
One of the highlights of our trip back home this time was going to Kapalwanamu. It was an incredibly short trip, just long enough to say hello and go on a couple of nice adventures nearby. On the first day…
The Cape Martin Wallaby
Last time Jan and I were in beachport we were amazed to see a “roo” when we ventured onto the island that is Cape Martin ( it used to be a cape but is now separated from the mainland by…
Darwin Birds
Today I discovered that bird watching with decent binoculars is really awesome! All my watching today was down at the mangroves at Nightcliff and at Rapid Creek just near our house, but I managed to see heaps of birds in…
Track the James Clark Ross
Pretty soon Dr Jan, the intrepid Polar Explorer will be off on another Antarctic adventure. For those of back home I’ve created a little map to track her ship. The map can be found at http://www.janandira.com/maps/ With some luck it…
Dragnetting
This morning in Darwin we got up early to do a quick morning fishing trip. The sea was still a bit choppy after the cyclone and there was lots of crap in the water … but the fish were out…