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Tuesday, 11 July
14:03
Kites a-courting Natural Newstead
Interesting to observe some Black-shouldered Kite courtship behaviour again near Campbelltown over the weekend.
The birds pictured here were actively hunting for mice as the temperature hovered around 10C with a 30 km/hour souwester feels like 7C!
Along with the kites there are good numbers of Nankeen Kestrels and Brown Falcons to be found across the plains country at present.
Black-shouldered Kites, Moolort Plains, 8th July 2023
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Monday, 10 July
22:58
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror "IndyWatch Feed Melbourne"
Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne International Film Festival and Bendigo Venues and Events present:
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
A silent film as it was meant to be heard!
Experience the thrill of the iconic vampire film Nosferatu, brought to life by a live orchestra, coming exclusively to Ulumbarra Theatre for one night only.
Following award winning, sell out shows at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, and seasons at Edinburgh Fringe (UK), and Art, Not Apart (Canberra); duo Rasa Daukus (piano) and Will Larsen (percussion) have teamed up with Orchestra Victoria to expand their original score to the films eerie, gothic visuals.
A full orchestra, keyboard, electronics, and a massive labyrinth of drums, shakers, bells, cymbals, gongs and percussion come together to create an electrifying atmosphere to accompany the original adaption of Bram Stokers Dracula for the screen. An influential work of early filmmaking and the horror genre that followed, Nosferatu is considered a masterpiece of cinema, even 101 years on.
The post Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror appeared first on Forte Magazine.
15:35
Fobif walks this Sunday (July 16) Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests
This Sunday (July 16) there will be a long and a short walk. The short walk will be led by Joy Clusker and will have a fungi focus. Meet as usual at the Community Centre in Templeton Street at 9.30 am. You can also meet the group at the Dog Rocks parking area at 9.45 am. See the walks page for more details.
The long walk will be led by Jeremy Holland. He has written the following update.
The route for this walk was checked a week ago and again last Sunday (9th).
Due to the wet conditions the section involving two crossings of Middleton Creek has been deleted (see photo below taken at proposed crossing point) and replaced with something safer.
The distance remains at 15 km which at 3km/hr should take 5 hours plus 1 hr for breaks over varied but interesting terrain with about 40%.being off-track. There is also one reasonably steep climb.
It is probably worth noting that similar to last year this is twice the distance of a normal fobif walk. Therefore be prepared for a solid but hopefully enjoyable day out.
Remember we meet at 9.00am in Templeton Street.
14:34
LISTEN BACK - Beyond the Bars 2023 "IndyWatch Feed Melbourne"
Last week the Beyond the Bars program teams broadcast live from six Victorian prisons. We shared the mic with First Nations women and men across the state for NAIDOC Week 2023. You can now listen back to all the broadcasts and hear the insights direct from First Nations people in the system. We look forward to a day when we don't need to go into prisons to give First Nations people a voice. Pictured: Loddon Prison broadcast team L-R Amos, Karina, Jody, Tash, Gab, Chris, Bart, Mercedes and Dale.
Sunday, 09 July
22:14
GUM TREES "IndyWatch Feed Melbourne.arts"
11:07
A bird of contrasts Natural Newstead
In dry years this bird, the Swamp Harrier, is a notable absentee from the plains country.
Two wetter than average winters have encouraged a few individuals to hang around and to possibly breed. I came across a pair yesterday near Campbelltown, variously hunting and displaying over a rough paddock.
I came across a lovely article on the Swamp Harrier, published in 1932 in Emu, the journal of the Australian Ornithologists Union, which notes
The Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans) may well be regarded as a bird of contrasts; a bird to which inflexible rules are unknown, and one worthy of more sympathetic study than has hitherto been devoted to it. Its habits vary as greatly as its plumage colour; it is migratory in some districts, stationary in others; it often flies low, but sometimes very high; it is as much at home in timbered country as it is in a marsh, and apparently its only adherence to accepted rules is in regard to the general situation of the nest and the colour of the eggs well distributed over the southern States, especially Tasmania where most of my observations have been made, this fine Raptore can usually be identified by its low, measured flight close to the top of rushes or grain where it hunts, at which time the white rump on the tail coverts is to be seen.
The author, Michael Sharland, was a renowned Tasmanian naturalist and writer, and regular contributor to the Emu and other publications for more than fifty years learn more here.
On the mainland the Swamp Harrier is rarely seen over wooded country, unless on migration or undertaking longer range movements. Many of my observations in recent years have been of immature birds on the move.