Author Archives: Mel Hyde

Hi friends 🙂 Say hello to your March calendar muse the precious little Striated Pardalote (black-headed). They are so cute and these guys have a very distinctive “chew chew chew” call (check out trusty ebird to hear that!). A pair of these pardalotes hang out and nest in the same vicinity as the local azureContinue reading “March Muse”

Welcome to February friends This month on your calendar is a beautiful male Leaden Flycatcher. These guys are little and fast, so I was very happy to get this shot. Usually, I hear these Flycatchers before I see them darting about for insects. They have an odd metallic sounding call. You can have a listenContinue reading “February friend”

Happy 2023! The start to a new year is often about hopes, plans and expectations that this will be a great or better year. I hope that is the case for you! 🥳 I also know that many of us are starting the year without someone or many someones we love and that is hard.Continue reading “Happy New Year!”

Hi friends, happy December! This month’s photo on your calendar is of a Nankeen Kestrel perched overlooking what remains of the 12 Apostles.  This is the second photo that inspired the idea of naming the calendar ‘Bird’s-eye view’. I took it in 2016 on my phone while I was travelling on the Great Ocean Road.Continue reading “December here we come!”

Hi friends, happy November and a shout out to all you fellow Scorpios out there having a birthday this month This month on your calendar is a colourful scene with two beautiful pale-headed rosellas. This photo was taken while I perched on the rock wall in our yard in the rain watching these two birdsContinue reading “November news”

Happy October friends! Say hello to ‘Mumma’ the Australian Magpie on your calendar. Mumma is really special to me. She visits every day and has for a few years now. At first she came on her own and she used to hang out and sit on me and cluck. She never sang, just clucked. ThenContinue reading “Our October Star!”

Spring is almost here in Australia and that means it’s end-of-year gift catalogue time! There are a range of new gift options including my 2023 Calendar, bird portrait canvas print series, scarves, and new type of totebags. All the newbies are in the gift catalogue. For old and new favourites see the Cards & GiftsContinue reading “2022 Gift Catalogue Out Now!”

Welcome to August! For the lovely people out there who have my calendar, your bird of the month is the gorgeous little brown honeyeater. We have a few pairs here as I write this and they are very vocal calling from the tops of the trees and chasing each other. They are very quick andContinue reading “Spring is almost here!”

Wow it’s July already! Over half way now my friends, we’ve got this. Our little July starlet for the Bird’s-eye view calendar has confused me a bit trying to identify him/her. At the time I thought Eastern Yellow Robin, but now I’m not so sure! The calendar photo was a very early one of mineContinue reading “Over half way!”