Bird of the Week - Bernhard Schmitz Photography

Whilst I’m a fairly novice bird watcher, Suki the cat had always a great interest in birds for her own reasons. With the exception of cooked specimens, I tended to ignore feathered animals before I moved to Australia in late 2005 to join Mrs. Schmitz in Sydney. This changed soon after we settled in the suburb of North Bondi where the sheer abundance of colourful and exotic species sparked my interest in avian topics. I started to write down bird inspired observations which I put on this little weekly blog about Australia, Sydney and the feathered and not feathered locals.

Bernhard Schmitz & Suki the cat

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The Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) or Graumantelbrillenvogel 2013/09/26

These little passerines are frequent visitors of suburban gardens, which is also the preferred habitat of the hominid inhabitants of Australia who have developed a special form of social lifestyle called the back-yard-society.

The Spectacled Monarch (Symposiachrus trivirgatus) or Brillen-Monarch 2013/08/14

As a resident of the spectacular Whitsunday Island this little Spectacled Monarch had a good view on our bush-camp, just a few steps off Whitehaven Beach, which was our home for ten days during this years' winter expedition.

Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta) or Scharlachhonigfresser 2013/08/08

It’s not only nice shots like this one of Australia’s smallest honey-eater and a decent tan that one gets from an extensive trip to tropical Queensland, there are also some valuable lessons to be learned.

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