Cavin Osborn

A Black-eared Cuckoo in the morning sun . #birds #brucebirdlife #BirdsSeenIn2026

A Common Wallaroo or “Euro” resting in its little cave. Flinders Ranges SA.

The Willochra Creek in the last day or so has gone from a dry creek bed to over a km wide. #brucelife #waterislife

Here we go again..!! #brucelife

The Willochra Creek rose to well over 2m overnight. The highest it’s been in many years. This is the only road out of Bruce so we’ll be sitting this one out for a few days. #brucelife

This is a gully that is usually dry for years at a time. #brucelife

Update: it’s now 50mm.

25mm of glorious rain so far. The biggest rain event here in about 3 years. #brucelife

A White-fronted Chat coming in to land at the Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta, SA #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

I thought I was being watched. A Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby hiding from the heat. Flinders Ranges, SA

Grey-fronted Honeyeaters sharing a water point with bees and wasps in the Flinders Ranges,SA #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Just for fun I hiked up to there today. #dutchmanstern #flindersranges

A Brown Falcon with an itch that needs scratching on the Willochra Plain, SA. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

When it’s 47 degrees you just put all grievance’s aside and drink from the same puddle. From last week, Singing Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Black-faced Woodswallow and Willie Wagtail. #birds #brucebirdlife

A Nankeen Kestrel caught mid hover..!! #birds #brucebirdlife #BirdsSeenIn2026

Another bird trying to stay cool in 44 degree heat. A Female Purple-backed Fairy-wren. Look closely and you can see the water drops on its feathers. #birds #brucebirdlife #BirdsSeenIn2026

A Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike finding some respite from the heat under the sprinkler in my front yard. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #brucebirdlife

Summer in Straya..!! #brucelife #itsabittoasty

A juvenile Inland Dotterel, one of a large family seen today on the Willochra Plain, Flinders Ranges, SA. Only the second time I’ve seen them. #birds #brucebirdlife

A pair of Little Corellas resting in the shade at Wilcannia, NSW #birds

Red-tailed Black Cockatoos drinking from the Darling River at Wilcannia, NSW. #birds

An Eastern Great Egret trying on a new suit, thanks to the dappled light coming through the floating jetty at Lake Cargelligo, NSW. #birds

It was a little bit toasty on the commute home this afternoon. #brucelife.

It’s still 39.1 out here. All air cons are on full. Bugger the expense..!!😳#brucelife

An Australian White Ibis cruising past at Bald Hill Beach, SA. #birds

Geez, no pressure..!!😁

Yes I am..!!😁

I was chatting with @sandyhorne.bsky.social about how patient you have to be to get a glimpse of an Australian Reed Warbler. Our visit to Rocks Reserve turned that theory on its head. They were in the reeds and in the trees. I even got 2 in the same shot. #birds

A Brown Falcon perched on top of a stobie pole near Port Wakefield, SA.

A Red-capped Plover at Bald Hill Beach SA. #birds