The southern black-backed gull is found throughout the southern hemisphere (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and sub-Antarctic islands), and, particularly in New Zealand, is a widespread and super-abundant bird species.
Autumn – March, April and May – in northern parts of Australia is often marked by increasing flying- fox activity, as they fly to feed on the nectar of flowering melaleuca and eucalypts.
Did you know that black kites, (Milvus migrans), which are on the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s top 10 species struck list, are likely to be an even higher strike risk following record rainfall on Australia’s east coast so far this year?
Did you know? Kestrels have two super powers: their ability to hover like a helicopter, and to hunt rodents using their ultraviolet light vision.
Fish and chips on the beach, mobbing silver gulls: it’s the authentic Australian seaside picnic. Adept natural scavengers and especially chip thieves, silver gulls enjoy a flexible diet.
thern hemisphere, kangaroos have the dubious distinction of topping the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s (ATSB) statistics for the number of damaging strikes by a terrestrial animal
Our northern hemisphere spotlight species rarely receives an ’Ahhhh, cute’, but they do play a crucial role in ecosystems, and an outsized role in wildlife management at airports. Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are the most widely distributed vulture in the western hemisphere.
The black kite, named ‘djillidjilli’ by Aboriginal people, is the most common raptor in the world, although the Australian population exhibits behaviour thought to be unique to northern Australia.
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