Bird life in the garden is constant due to the continuous flowering and seeding of plant species. There is always some source of water and shelter, and for this reason, a wide selection of birds either pass through or have made a permanent home in the garden. Living with this, it was impossible not to be fully aware of their existence and a range of bird kites was just so obvious. I started to examine, in detail, the local specie and replicated them as kites.
The platform of the kite was perfect for individual specie representation and after reproducing Tasmanian specie I moved on to mainland birds. Following the acceptance of these, I was invited to represent the threatened and endangered specie of water birds visiting the Great Salt Lake in Utah. This culminated in travelling to Utah, doing workshops and performances involving Brolly Arts (Utah) and the Drachen Foundation from Seattle. Blue Wren - Flame Robin - Green Rosella - King Fisher - Kookaburra - Owl - Oyster Catcher - Aust. Pelican - Pink and Grey Galah - Puffin - Red & Green Macaw - Scarlet Macaw - Aust. Sea Eagle - Sulphur Crested Cockatoo - Swallow - Toucan - Wedge Tailed Eagle - Yellow Tailed black Cockatoo - American Pelican - Avocet - Cinnamon Teal - Ibis - Long Billed Curlew - Snowy Plover - Tundra swan - Wilson's phalarope - Bald Eagle - Bullock's oriole - Blackburnian Warbler - Great Kissadee - Green Winged Teal - Lucifer Humming Bird - Mountain Blue Bird - Pileated Woodpecker - Pyrrhuloxia - Vermillion Flycatcher - Western Scrub Jay.