by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, April 1, 2015 | Birds, My (Little) Big Year, New South Wales, Parrots
For those who missed reading my first post on the subject. After watching the movie The Big Year starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson, I (Peter) have decreed that 2015 will be my first attempt at a (Little) Big Year. So far this year I have seen 122...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, March 14, 2015 | Birds, Friends, My (Little) Big Year, New South Wales
February was a little less exciting than January, which gave me a healthy 79 species, but nonetheless gave a good number of species’ sightings, including 3 new ones for my life list. I also had to say goodbye to a great friend of mine, Bob, who had been...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, February 28, 2015 | New South Wales, Pelagic, Photography
What is SOSSA? Well, SOSSA is the Southern Ocean Seabird Study Association, and it runs boat trips out past the Continental Shelf from Kiama (mainly) and Wollongong, NSW. I have been on three trips with them now, July 2015, November 2015 and February 2016, and they...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, February 1, 2015 | Big Year, Birds, Migration, My (Little) Big Year, New South Wales, Shorebirds
My (Little) Big Year got off to a flying start in January, (sorry about the pun!), with 79 species recorded, including a Sandpiper that ended up in Australia instead of South America. The 1st of January (recovery day from bringing in the new year) was a casual bird...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, January 20, 2015 | Birds, Ecotherapy, Friends, Pollution, Rubbish, Shorebirds, Wetlands
A last minute decision by my wife and myself to take the children to a local beach for an evening picnic was a very memorable and almost enlightening moment, and it wasn’t because of all the sand that blew into my salad. I love my wife and children very much,...
