My Bird of the Week – female Pallid Cuckoo

Have a look at my latest post at The Northern Myth here: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/07/19/birds-of-the-week-pallid-cuckoo-more/ — Bob Gosford Crikey.com The Northern Myth blog http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/ Alice Springs, NT Australia Ph: (+61) 0447024968 Twitter: @bgosford “The NT Government does not respond to random electronic gossip sites.” =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the … Read more

RFI Wooli NSW

I will be heading off to northern NSW at the weekend. I will be travelling via Dubbo and Armidale to Wooli where I will relax for seven days at Wooli River Lodges. The return journey will be via the coast with a two night stay at Myall Lakes. Any tips on good places to visit … Read more

SW Qld / NE SA outback trip

Hi all, I’ve just returned from a family trip through SW Qld / NE SA outback, Waikerie – Broken Hill – Bourke – Bowra Stn – Innamincka – Flinders Ranges – Waikerie. 3200 km in 8 days with 3 kids. It went amazingly well but understandably birding was reduced to the absolute necessities. Which I … Read more

Satellite phone performance

Terry and others I’ve recently changed to an Iridium handset using the Iridium network which is much better than my old Tel-It handset which used the Globalstar network (these guys keep sending letters to their customers that they’ll launch more satellites to improve their terrible reception, but never do, while Iridium is (so they claim) … Read more

Polytelis parrot, USyd, Sydney, NSW

Hi there, A couple of minutes ago a (likely escaped) Polytelis parrot (jizz, size and flight style; no colours were seen) flew past my office window at University of Sydney campus. Nikolas —————- Nikolas Haass nhaass@yahoo.com Sydney, NSW =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, … Read more