We have invited a few emus to live on Raakajlim. Job description: “Eat, walk and poo”. And now we have giant Quandong-filled poo all over the place!

Here is a bird list for Raakajlim, as well as lists of birds you can expect to see in the Victorian Mallee.

I didn’t think I would be ever be sharing photos of ducks on Raakajlim Creek. A truly extraordinary flooding event.

Bee-eaters are colorful birds that migrate to the southern states in Spring and Summer. How consistent is their early October arrival date?

Dark emu is in the sky, the emus have laid their eggs, but I’ve been looking at their poo.

A mob of 53 Pink Cockatoos feeding on native Pine and … grapes

Finally we have the trifecta of Fairywren photographs! These three beauties are all found on Raakajlim.

Juvenile birds can have odd colors, stripes or weird bits, totally different to the adults, just to make things tricky.

A bird which eats, sleeps, drinks, mates and bathes on the wing and has a strange affinity with radar-shielding fluff.

These colorful birds migrate to the southern states in Spring and Summer.

The Little Button-quail bred in the grasslands on Raakajlim in 2020. Very exciting to see them.

The Zebra Finches are here in numbers which means the Porcupine Grass seed is ripe. Porcupine Grass (Triodia scariosa), sometimes called Spinifex, has an interesting story …

A Collared Sparrowhawk showing its distinctive long middle toe, distinguishing it from the Brown Goshawk.

The deep green of an emu egg is a beautiful find in the bush. Stripey chicks, black-headed young ones and “running bushes” make the Emu one of my favourite Raakjilm residents.

A Nankeen Kestrel and thoughts on bird photography.

Pink Cockatoos can struggle to find a suitable hollow tree. This pair nested in our creekline!

The sad demise of the Southern Whiteface and the habitat provided for this threatened species on Raakajilm.

Fairywrens! We have a magnificent trifecta here on Raakajilm - Purple-backed, Splendid and White-winged Fairywrens.

We see Regent Parrots throughout the year and most days in winter.

The White-bellied Sea-eagle is a welcome visitor in winter. We’ve noticed a connection between visits and dam fish kill events.