Cast your eyes to the sky if you hear a high pitched ‘cree-cree’ sound and if you’re lucky you’ll witness a flock of red-tailed black-cockatoos calling to one another during their sky-high voyage.

In eastern wooded suburbs, this small, owl is often the most common avian predator, emerging from its nest or roost hole at dusk to hawk insects or hunt other small prey, including songbirds and ...