Have just completed a trip up the Pacific Highway to Coffs Harbour/Woolgoolga, Tweed Heads and then Bundaberg, catching up with friends and catching a few birds on the way. Bird highlights were Yuraygir National Park, near Wilson’s Point – hundreds of honeyeaters in the flowering banksias, and a Lewin’s Rail in a small patch of … Read more
This afternoon in a small patch of lowland rainforest on the Sunshine Coast near my home it was nice to find at least three White-eared Monarchs and two pairs of Logrunners holding territories. There had been some doubt about whether the monarch was a summer visitor to southeast Queensland and northeast NSW or a resident; … Read more
Hi Fellow Birders Driving from Emerald through Boulia along Plenty Hwy to Alice (17-20 Sep). Would appreciate any info re recent sighings and good spots to stop for birds. Returning via Mt Isa (1-4 Oct). I am not going out to twitch the Princesses but would love to go birding in and around Alice with … Read more
Dear All, A new group on Raptors has just gone on line. You can find it at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Raptor_conservation/ Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Hi all, Have finally completed the trip-report for my recent Gulf expedition, saw around 136 sp including 5 ‘lifers’ (..and it wasn’t even a birding-trip!) Please check out the account on http://www.aviceda.org/wp/ Would welcome comments (constructive, please!) Enjoy, Tom