R. Bruce is een auteur, kunstenaar en muzikant wiens geschriften de kern van het Australische landschap en de dierenwereld verkennen. Zijn proza is doordrenkt van een diepe liefde voor de natuur, wat zijn overtuiging weerspiegelt dat hoe meer zijn hart zich over een plek verspreidt, hoe meer hart hij wint. Dit unieke perspectief brengt een gevoel van groeiende vreugde en diepere verbinding met de wereld in zijn literaire werk. Zijn schrijven biedt lezers een kijk op de wereld door de ogen van iemand die rijkdom vindt in diversiteit en delen.
A highly personal account of a phenomenal, once-in-a-lifetime adventure that saw Bruce and his wife, Lynn, embark on a year of travel and birding across the entire continent in a camper van. Their aim was to see Australia, but also to keep a list of the birds that they saw together.
More Australian Birding Tales takes up where the author's very successful first book, An Australian Birding Year, ended. In this new book Bruce Richardson describes his further birding adventures, which take his total 'life list' from 672 to 759, well exceeding his initial target of 700 species. He delights in finding new 'lifer' species, whether they are common but not yet seen by him or mega rarities, but he also glories in the fact that his birding trips take him to stunning parts of Australia that he wouldn't normally have visited. He travels through the outback, takes the ferry over to Tasmania, makes several pelagic expeditions and goes on a memorable trip to Cocos/Keeling and Christmas Islands. He describes his travels with humour, and intersperses the ticks and the dips of birding with personal anecdotes of a life lived through good times and bad. Although reaching the 700 species target was a milestone, for Bruce birding is equally about the vibe, the good friends he makes along the way, and his exploration of the glorious Australian countryside. He certainly does see some cool birds though.