Ian Fraser, talking naturally

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Sometimes Nature Really IS Black and White! #1

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Maybe it doesn't happen to you, but I often find I'm not really in control of what I write. OK, you may well agree that you've ...
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Monday, 7 January 2013

Black Thoughts

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Last month I foreshadowed an occasional series on colours, starting with white . It seems logical that the next instalment should be white...
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Saturday, 5 January 2013

On This Day, 5 January; the big wet

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As I write this, it's 38 degrees C outside (and in my study!), about 10 degrees above our long-term average maximum for January. In man...
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Friday, 4 January 2013

Australia; a backwater for backfangs

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We have long known that Australia is fundamentally different from the rest of the world with regard to its mammal fauna and its flora. More...
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Wednesday, 2 January 2013

... and the Sun Rises on 2013

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Well, maybe it's a bit predictable, but it does seem appropriate to complement my symbolic sunsets from last time with some equally sym...
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Monday, 31 December 2012

As the Sun Sets on 2012...

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It is traditional to review the year that is about to slip below the horizon (as my friend Martin from The House of Fran_Mart has done so c...
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Ian Fraser
Canberra-based naturalist, conservationist, educator since 1980. I’m passionate about the natural world (especially the southern hemisphere), and trying to understand it and to share such understandings. To that aim I’ve written several books (most recently 'Birds in Their Habitats' and 'Australian Bird Names; origins and meanings'), and run tours all over Australia, and for 17 years to South and Central America. I've done a lot of ABC radio work, chaired a government environmental advisory committee and taught many adult education classes – and of course presented this blog, since 2012. I am a recipient of the Australian Natural History Medallion, the Australian Plants Award and most recently a Medal of the Order of Australia for ‘services to conservation and the environment’. I live happily in suburban Duffy with my partner Louise surrounded by a dense native garden and lots of birds.
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