09/04/2026
🖤
Since leaving Victoria almost 2 years ago it has taken some time to ground here.
For those who have been walking beside me for the past few years, know that folllowing bioregional
rhythms + moon seasons is something that I incorporate into my work & walk.
On Woiwurrung Country, I knew the land + seasonal shifts well. Bird observation, nature mapping
& regular sitting by the redgums, deepened the way I viewed the world.
🖤
This time of year, around Melbourne/Naarm, the Gang Gang Cockatoos and King Parrots make their
return, their arrival marking the swing of seasons.
Here on Kaurna Country, on the Adelaide Plains, birds and the landscape are very different.
It has taken me a full sun cycle to build a relationship here.
And so… The Spotted Harriers & Barn Owls have been a consistent presence in my life & show
up to cultivate belonging, patience & to open doorways into the Spirit World.
🖤
On multiple occasions, the Barn Owl has shown up in rather mythical ways & encounters with
Spotted Harriers have been reminders of the art of patience & the importance of turning inward to
listen to the deep song which is intrinsically woven with the threads of the natural world.
Teaching others about Bioregional observation & bird connection is something that I have
treasured over the years, & it fills me with an aliveness which I have not felt for sometime.
🖤
I will begin offering these immersions again soon.
Spotted Harriers and Owls actually have a few commonalities, which I have only just learnt.
"Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an
unrelated group of raptors – harriers.
Harriers fly low over tall grass with
their beak pointed to the ground.
When you look at the Australian Spotted Harrier
face, you can see a distinctive disc-shaped face, which may improve their prey localisation just
like owls.”
“Harriers have therefore evolved an auditory system similar to owls, enabling them to target
sounds as accurately as owls in a remarkable example of convergent evolution of both brain
& behaviour in animals separated by over 60 million years. " Flinders University of Adelaide.
🖤
Fading Light
