Tag Archives: Broome Bird Observatory

Good light, and birds, in Broome…

September 16, 2009 – 9:24 pm

After spending a long time in the desert’s too-harsh-between-10am-and-3pm light it is a relief on the eyes to get into some comparatively soft northern lights, though of course the heat and humidity of a September build-up does always take some getting used to.

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Sniffing around at the shit-pits: watching birds at the Alice Springs Waste Stabilisation Ponds

September 6, 2009 – 6:22 am

Birds, and birders, love shit. Or more particularly in Alice Springs, they both love the fact that in the driest part of the driest continent that the average daily household use of water is a profligate 1,500 litres a day.

By Bob Gosford | Posted in Animals, Birds, Birds and people | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (4)