Ian Fraser, talking naturally

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

"Good night, and thanks for the tinamou..."

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In 10 trips to South America I'd never managed to see a tinamou, to my chagrin. I'd heard them, and on one occasion the group just ...
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Friday, 7 November 2014

The Mysterious Owl of San Isidro

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Just back from another visit to wonderful Ecuador, it's perhaps inevitable that my first posting will relate to that. I'm easing my...
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Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Considering the Lilies; part 4

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At last - you may well be thinking - here is the last in this series on the lovely lilies. It started here , and followed from there. I...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Considering the Lilies; part 3

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This is the penultimate posting of this series on the delightful lilies; see here for the first posting and how we're defining lilies....
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Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Considering the Lilies: part 2

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Last time I started an exploration of the wonderful world of lilies, including their complicated definition, which I finally settled upon,...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Considering the Lilies: part 1

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The other day we were walking in Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve on the northern edge of Canberra; for the whole time we surrounded by millio...
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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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