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When He and She Look Different; Birds #1
After quite a hiatus, I am back live in my office, and will be for some time, so my usual weekly postings (not pre-prepared as has been the case recently) recommence now. It is an interesting...
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When He and She Look Different; Birds #2
Continuing from last week, which seems to have generated some interest I'm happy to say. I won't reiterate last week's introduction, but will move on to introduce some very dimorphic couples indeed,...
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The Great Sandy Desert: #1
I recently was made an offer that, as they say, I couldn't refuse, though no coercion was involved! I was invited to join an expedition, as a volunteer, to the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia,...
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The Great Sandy Desert: #2, some animals
I'm going to either assume you've read last week's post which told you why I was recently in this remote and wonderful part of Australia (plus a bit about the desert itself), or invite you to have a...
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The Great Sandy Desert: #3, trees and herbs
This was to be the last in this series based on my recent experiences in the remote and relatively little-known Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia (which began here) but I've realised that I've...
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Found Nowhere Else! Some Australian state endemics.
I've had it in the back of my mind for a while to feature some plants and animals which are endemic (ie found nowhere else), not just to Australia - that would be a bit too easy - but to just one...
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This may be of little interest to anybody, but I find constantly that people are visiting older postings, so I skim through them a couple of times a year and update as required. Mostly this means...
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The Great Sandy Desert: #4, shrubs
As promised, herewith the last instalment in a series of postings on my recent serendipitous visit to the remote and beautiful Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. It started here; you can work...
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Kakadu in the Dry
Last year we visited fabulous Kakadu National Park, in the far north of Australia, in the unfashionable wet season, and I wrote about it here. Recently we went back again, this time at the end of the...
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Wildsumaco; a gem of Ecuador's wild east
It's been quite a few posts - a record number in fact - since IF Talking Naturally has ventured overseas. While I have no qualms about featuring my home country disproportionately, it's time to raise...
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Wildsumaco Continued; away from the lodge
In my last posting I ran out of time before finishing my introduction to Wilsumaco, the truly superb new conservation-oriented lodge on the eastern Andean slopes of northern Ecuador. I waxed...
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On This Day, 30 November: Scottish National Day
National days have a very eclectic mix of raisons d'être, with some having apparently fairly nebulous significance. I'm afraid one may see Scotland's National Day, Saint Andrew's Day on 30 November, as...
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Mount Ginini; top of the Australian Capital Territory
The Brindabella Mountains form the western boundary of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT hereafter). They also form the northern end of the Australian Alps system; the 104,000 hectares of Namadgi...
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The Old World Monkeys; newcomers
It's been quite some time now since I introduced the wonderful South American monkeys, and I've been intending ever since to balance things by talking about the 'other' monkeys, the ones that stayed...
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A Walk in the Centre; an easy stroll to the old Alice Springs Telegraph Station
Not long ago we were in the beautifully situated, sometimes challenging, Alice Springs in the central deserts of Australia, heading home from a trip to the tropics. I know it fairly well, and Lou lived...
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Farewell to 2016!
As is my wont, I am going to celebrate my minuscule part in the great drama of 2016 by choosing just one photo from each month of the year - not for their non-existent photographic excellence, but...
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Special Western Myrtles
The family Myrtaceae is one of the most conspicuous families in Australia, and is also well-represented in South America, but is also found, albeit less profusely, throughout much of the rest of the...
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The Kinabatangan River; a fragile treasure
Malaysian Borneo, which I've talked about before in this blog, is very rich biologically, but its natural areas tend to be fragmented and thus are often relatively poor in larger wildlife. The...
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The Kinabatangan River #2; on the river
As promised last time, this will be a continuation of (and conclusion to) my introduction to the rich fauna of the Kinabatangan River in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. What follows is a combination of two...
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Nature in a Warming World
Last week there was great excitement in our part of the world when a pair of Tawny Grassbirds Megalurus timoriensis turned up at Jerrabomberra Wetlands, our prime suburban wetland in a city which is...
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