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 Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus) or Prachtfruchttaube 2013/07/11

This slightly crazy looking bird, that resembles a street pigeon dolled up for Mardi Gras, is a Superb Fruit Dove which feeds, as you may have guessed, primarily upon fruits and berries.

The Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) or Australische Zwergtaucher 2013/07/04

This resident of one of the ponds in Centennial Park has to get used to a lot of new neighbours which moved in recently, after giving up their inner City roosts due to their dislike of Rock 'n Roll.

Chinese soy-roasted duck with orange and star anise 2013/06/27

It has absolutely nothing to do with the merry-go-round of Prime Ministers or the thrashing of the New South Wales Blues, but I’ve got a craving for this one today:

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