Hi All, I made a flying visit to Inskip Point yesterday morning, the main aim being to find Black-breasted Button-Quail for a friend who needed it. Conditions were less than ideal with a fairly strong wind picking up early. It took a couple of hours but we eventually located a pair of quail which gave … Read more
I heard an unusual call at dawn this morning. I live near a large woodland area, but this unfamiliar call sounded like something I’d expect in a rainforest area. It was a monotonous chew-chew repeated on a two second cycle for at least 5 minutes. it doesn’t match my memory of the cadence of either … Read more
On 1/Nov/2008 I met a woman at Truganina Swamp,Altona,who was monitoring several pairs of nesting Red-capped Plovers for a university study. This afternoon I was dismayed to see two grown men almost trampling on little Red-caps as they played with two remote-controlled toy cars,driving them all over the area favoured by the plovers for nesting. … Read more
G’day, A few updates on Bird-O. We’ve tidied up the front page … thanks to all you who provided us with feed back. We’ll continue to improve the site and add information about Australian birding. Don’t forget to check back every few days and drop us a line if you’ve had an exciting birding experience. … Read more
Hello everyone, Thought I would give a report of my trip to the mallee. I went from Monday September 27 to Friday Oct 1. First I should say upfront that I dipped on a lot of birds. I had the ‘Where to See Birds in Victoria’ book and was expecting to find a lot more … Read more