Birds in Australia 


		A  large part of the time and energy of  the
members  of every species of bird is taken up in reproducing
themselves. The breeding season  begins  in  the late winter
or  early  spring for many birds. Others  may  nest  at  any
time,  depending on local conditions. Australia is a country
characterized  by irregular aridity.  The  annual  cycle  of
birds is flexible enough to cope with this unpredictability.
Bad seasons may see little  or  no attempt at raising young.
Good conditions  may trigger multiple broods being reared in
succession.

		Birds are dependent on a supply of water, as
are  the plants and animals on which they feed. In the  arid
parts   of  Australia, the presence of water is  not  always
predictable. In order to breed, arid zone birds  must   move
to    more    favourable  areas. Movements   are   irregular
and  have  no  definite  pattern.  This  behaviour,    known
as nomadism, characterizes  a  number  of Australian Birds.

		As  birds are  attentive parents, they  make
good  subjects for photographs, as felt by Water Boles.  His
book  on "Australia's Beautiful Birds and their young" gives
concise   description  of each bird  and  the  eye  catching
photographs   by Ken  Stepnell is superb in  the  close-ups:
a  rare  opportunity for an ordinary man. 

Glimpses of Rufous Fantail,
            Brown Thornbil,
            Willie Wagtail

Here are the  list of Australian Birds-(About 100 in Number)

		Satin  Bowerbird,Brolga, Australian Bustard,
Grey Butcherbird, White-faced Chat, Golden-headed Cisticola,
Cockatiel, Long-billed Corella, Cuckoos, Bush Stone  Curlew,
Diamond Dove, Mountain Duck, Emu, Wedge-tailed  Eagle,  Grey
Fantail,   Red-browed    Finch,    Rufous   Fantail,   Satin
Flycatcher,    Tawny   Frogmouth,   Australiasian    Gannet,
Australian  Little Grebe,  Hoary-headed Grebe, Silver  Gull,
Swamp  Harrier,  Nankeen Night Heron, White-faced Heron, New
Holland   Honeyeater,  Whiteeared  Honeyeater,   Yellow-face
Honeyeater,Spinycheeked      Honeyeater,       Yellow-plumed
Honeyeater, Sacred Ibis, Stra-necked Ibis, Nankeen  Kestrel,
Laughing   Kookaburra,  Sacred  Kingfisher,   Magpie   Lark,
Australian   Magpie,   Mistletoebird,   Malleefowl,    Fairy
Martin,    Barn   Owl,    Olive-backed    Oriole,   Striated
Paradalote, Spotted Pardalote, Blue- winged  Parrot,  Mallee
Ringneck,   Mulga   Parrot,   Redrumped  Parrot,  Australian
Pelican,  Fairy Penguin, Brush Bronzewing,  Crested  Pigeon,
Richard's Pipit, Banded  Plover, Spur-winged Plover, Rainbow
bird,  LittleRaven,  Hooded  Robin, Scarlet  Robin,  Eastern
Yellow Robin, Red-capped Robin, Pale-headed Resella, Crimson
Rsella,  Eastern  Resella, Short-tailed  Shearwater, Eastern
Silvereye,  Royal Spoonbill, Pied Stilt,White-faced    Storm
Petrel,  Welcome   Swallow,  Swamphen, Black  Swan,  Caspian
Tern, Fairy Tern, Whiskered  Tern,  Brown  Thornbill, Yellow
rumped   Thornbill, Striated Thornbill, Grey  Shrike-thrush,
Ground     Thrush,    White-throated   Treecreeper,   Willie
Wagtail,  Red  Wattlebird, Clamorous Reed  Warbler,  Weebil,
Golden  Whistler, Rufous Whistler, Dusky Woodswallow,   Whit
browed Woodswallow, Superb Blue Wren, Splendid Wren.

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