Not the daytime soapy, but a bold little chick, and the beautiful Victoria’s Riflebird. First the beautiful. (Click to enlarge the image) A male Victoria’s Riflebird has been checking out the post on our pergola, and last Saturday I managed to snap him trying to attract the attention of nearby female.  He was also displaying [...]

Last night we had some very heavy rain.  The tree fern near our verandah, weighed down with the rain, bent right down to the balustrade, so it had to be cut down.  This is the same tree that a Victoria’s Riflebird nested in last year. The image below is from the end of October last [...]

Today I caught this juvenile riflebird practising his dance moves amongst the ginger near the Tuscany Cottage. I particularly like his frenetic head swaying. Perhaps he shouldn’t spit out seeds whilst performing though.  

This was filmed just out from the deck of our Pioneer Cottage about a week ago.  I heard the typical wing clapping of a mating dance and looked out into the forest (you can hear the sound towards the end of the video when the male goes into a full dance). He was dancing on [...]

A male Victoria’s Riflebird calls out nearly every afternoon from the top of a tall tree at the cottages.  Yesterday I went armed with my camera and recorded a lovely display in silhouette against the late afternoon sky. The hapless Romeo  posed and danced for the female for over 10 minutes, but did not impress. Notice [...]