Litter and leeches: the ideal environment for Australian brush-turkeys (not so much for other megapodes)
As the rain patters down the leaves of the canopy above, falling onto the foliage-filled ground, a swish of leaf litter flies onto the path in front of you. Quickly, you look up and see a large, red-faced bird kicking up piles of leaf litter to make his nest. What you are witnessing right now […]