Ian Fraser, talking naturally

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

From Puerto Montt to Puerto Chacabuco; water, mountains and beauty

I'm not a sea person by nature - it's definitely not my element - but I love boat trips, and one I can highly recommend is the 20 h...

Friday, 8 February 2013

Taken as Red; more on plants

Any flower pollinated by animals needs to be seen; red is a good way to achieve that. Having been pollinated, the next function of the flow...

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Redness in Plants

Continuing the theme of red in nature , today's the turn of plants. As with animals, plants generally show red to be noticed. Probabl...

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Nature Red in Feather and Leg

Time for another instalment in the ongoing saga of postings on colour in nature . Animals and plants wear red - like black and white tha...

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About Me

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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