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Welcome to
Birds,
Bugs 'n' other Critters My name is Erica Siegel, birds have been my special
love since moving into my present Redland home 19 years ago. There
were birds in the 21 hectares of bush next door I had neither
seen or even knew existed. Different native species all around on a
daily basis. Then 1
½
years later the bulldozers arrived, cleared most
of the bush for housing and the little birds all disappeared, some
right away, others like the Double-barred Finches and a pair of
White-throated Honeyeaters hung on for another 18 months but one day
they too were gone. It truly was paradise lost.
Out of this grew a need for reference photos and therefore a need for photography. This quickly grew into a passion, not only for recording the birds I saw but I discovered the small creatures we walk past each day without even knowing they are there or considering them worthy of a closer look. So I started recording the small creatures I saw.
This led to wanting a place for these recordings and to be able to share then with others interested in our wonderful creatures, great and small. I mentioned I would like to have my own website for permanently recording my sightings of birds and other critters to Jim Bennett, administrator of British Isles Wildlife Forum, and no sooner said and he started designing a website! His first ever and what a great job it is too! I'm deeply indebted to Jim, whom I have never met. He not only designed this website but taught me via skype what to do and how to do it so I could fill the pages with the images I prepared following emailed instructions from my friend Pia, from the camera club. Thank you, Pia ! My thanks go to Nick Monaghan ( www lifeunseen.com.au ), passionate amateur entomologist and macro photographer, who generously gave his time to identify most of the insects I photographed and I also take this opportunity to thank the staff from Queensland Museum for identifying some of my insects and critters, their ongoing help is much appreciated. Boyd Essex from Redlands IndigiScape Centre, who can call a bird out of the trees, deserves credit for many of the bird sightings recorded during the monthly bird walks in various Reserves of Redland City. These web pages are a work in progress, as I see and photograph more birds and other critters I shall post them here, so do come back to see what else I have found. Be aware that I am not an expert in ornithology, entomology or a professional photographer. I simply record, as best as I can at that moment, what I see in the Redlands and on my travels and try to be as accurate as I can with identifications. All images are my own work and copyrighted, if you want one, kindly ask, don't just take. Much time and effort has gone into this. I hope you enjoy visiting Birds,Bugs 'n' other Critters.
This Site was updated 19/02/2012
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