Aussie Backyard Bird Count reveals Wollongong's colourful tails

Kate McIlwain
Updated October 22 2019 - 1:30pm, first published 12:30pm
Wild suburbia: Long-time residents say the peacock that roams Mount Ousley - parading the street and visiting backyards and front porches at whim - has been there for decades. Picture: Adam McLean.
Wild suburbia: Long-time residents say the peacock that roams Mount Ousley - parading the street and visiting backyards and front porches at whim - has been there for decades. Picture: Adam McLean.

This week the Aussie Backyard Bird Count is on, asking people around Australia to spend 20 minutes a day tracking the birds they can see in their gardens.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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