A life of adventure and opportunity - birds find me in that happy place | Andrew Stafford

Along with music, birds have been the magnificent, consuming obsession of my life, taking me to every corner of Australia and beyondOn Saturday morning I boarded a fishing boat on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and, along with 15 or so others, chugged more than 40 nautical miles out to sea, where the Australian continental shelf drops off into deep water. But we weren't out there for the fish: everyone was carrying binoculars and camera gear. We were looking for pelagic seabirds - shearwaters and petrels that spend most of their lives on the wing. Related: Australian bird of the year 2017: vote for your favourite Continue reading...