Tern ID, Fairy vs Little

Hi all, I took some pics of 3 Terns at Werribee on the weekend. I think they’re Little Terns but I’m not absolutely sure. The 3rd pic is bigger (about 500kb) than the others (less than 200kb) so will take a little longer to download. Fairy Tern for: Non-breeding yellow black tipped bill and yellow … Read more

Princess Parrot Photo’s

Geoff,         Thanks for sharing your pics with birding-aus, they’re outstanding and by far the best I’ve ever seen.  Well done.  One day I’ll get out there and see them.   Cheers Richard

Oodnadatta, Strezlecki & Birdsville Tracks

HI Everybody, I am currently stranded at the homestead of Etadunna Station staying with friends who are managers here.  It rained here fairly solidly for about 24 hours  with about 16mm of rain.  Further up the Track and over toward Innaminka they got about 60mm. It was treacherous to even walk anywhere here yesterday afternoon, … Read more

A word from the Wallaby

I spent a couple of weeks on the Wallaby Track travelling from Brisbane to Darwin in early August. The original intention was to go via the Plenty Highway, but a rain event led to a re-route via the Gulf of Carpentaria. In summary * Good road conditions through Windorah [lots of water beside the road … Read more

Corner Country Trip, August 2010

I have just returned from a 2-week, 5,900 km drive from Melbourne to Tibooburra, Noccundra, Innanminka, Cameron Corner, Lyndhurst, Adelaide and return. The trip had two purposes, one to see the Cooper Creek Country looking green/with dry country birds and the other to try for the third time to see Letter-winged Kites on the Strzelecki … Read more