Hi Everyone, I’ve just returned from 6 weeks travelling and tutoring in outback SA and lower NT. There were lots of birds and flowers and rain and mud all over the place and may get to post about some of my experiences later. On the way home I even had a few surprising experiences to … Read more
Greetings all, Well, this was my first twitch in close on five years, how could I pass up the chance to finally snare a bird that has eluded my all my life?! Ironically, I only re-subscribed to Birding-Aus on Wednesday, and the first post I read was about the Tern! Upon arrival at the hotspot … Read more
Hi, I’ve quickly assembled location information, ID information, video and photos on this page. http://bird-o.com/2010/10/08/tern-flies-30000km-to-twitch-birders/ Note, the bird flew to feed at sea just before we left at about 13:45. Regards, Simon Mustoe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simon Mustoe Tel: +61 (0) 405220830 | Skype simonmustoe | Email simonmustoe@ecology-solutions.com.au Visit BIRD-O at http://www.bird-o.com Follow BIRD-O on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/birdodotcom … Read more
An odd sighting here- we found a party of 3 Chestnut-breasted Whiteface at the usual spot near Mt Lyndhurst Station on Sept 16, by the old copper mine. Two had dull chestnut on the chest, but a well marked third bird had a broad splotchy pale chestnut breast bordered by a narrow dark band below. … Read more
Good news for us here is that our male Cassowary is back, he left June 24 to go on the nest, and reappeared Sept 22 with 3 tiny stripy chicks, after a rather longer absence than usual. As always, one chick is more inquisitive than the others, I was there taping and photographing them this … Read more