Dear Birders / Pelagic enthusiasts, I’m arranging back to back pelagic trips out of Eaglehawk Neck – Tasmania on the 4th and 5th September 2010. The trips will be $120 / person / day – i.e. $240 for the weekend. I will be paying the same amount as everyone else on the trip. i.e. no … Read more
Hi All, My wife and daughter are travelling to New Caledonia in September – ostensibly for a school French excursion, but they’re both possibly more interested in doing some birding!! Just wondering whether there are any Birding-Aus subscribers in New Caledonia who would be interested in linking up with them for some birding, and/or BA … Read more
With the Fruit-dove records in Victoria, it appears they are mostly in autumn/winter and are therefore probably some form of post breeding dispersal? Alternatively while hanging out in a fig tree up the coast they may have been talked into a road trip down south by a fast talking Spangled Drongo… Sydney often appears to … Read more
Hi folks, Jack has put his latest trip report on Wildairies for our recent quick trip out to where there were a couple of possible Night Parrot sightings of late. Details are contained in Jack’s report available here. http://aussiebirding.wildiaries.com/trips/10242 Elegant Parrots were seen at the spot but it is ,of course, possible that a bit … Read more
Thought this may be of interest to Birding Aus readers. Alan Begin forwarded message: From: MaldivesOrnithological society Date: 29 June 2010 3:38:46 PM AEST To: orientalbirding@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OB] National bird ringing programmes to be start up Dear All We the Maldives Ornithological Society would like to conduct a National Bird Ringing Programme on sea birds … Read more