Why create a blog?

Simple. To avoid doing something else. As I am currently in the final stages of completing my Phd I need something to take me away from it once in a while. I hope that this can do it.

My birding efforts have been very low since the birth of my daugther a little over a year ago. I have not seen a new species since the new year in Canada. To try and help out I keep a list of birds I have seen when I am with my daugther. If gives us an excuse to get out of the house and means that birding can never be a frantic rush because we might find a dog or a rock which is more interesting! We came across a Red Wattlebird nest with young on our way to the park on the weekend. As spring is arriving in this part of the world there will be in influx of species. Weebill's just arrived back and were a tick for Sable (my daughter) and I. Also a distance Jacky Winter which puts our total at 134 (99 in Australia). I am in search of my 650 world bird but it might have to wait until Canada as there are not many species locally that I have not seen at least somewhere. I could try and hunt down a quail but I never seem to have much success with that.