Bird books, time together forges special bond between Padthaway father and son

Archer Leddy will tell you his first memory of birding was when he was barely a 1-year-old.

“When I was a baby, [I was] looking through my binoculars out by the front gate, looking for birds,” Archer says.

The Leddys’ front gate in Padthaway, south-east South Australia, remains a good vantage…