Hi, I’ve just finalised the full Ashmore Reef trip report here: http://aussiebirding.wildiaries.com/trips/10329. Just to reiterate and confirm. The group found TWO new birds for Australia: Arabian Shearwater and Grey-streaked Flycatcher. There is little chance of getting to Ashmore but the Arabian Shearwaters can be seen and I have arranged a boat. I will need to … Read more
Hi all, Due to popular request, I’ve put some of my more commonly visited sites in the Lockyer Valley into Wildiaries. You can see the individual locations we visited on the 5th of October in this trip report: http://aussiebirding.wildiaries.com/trips/10323 You can bring up the individual trip locations to see a map of where the site … Read more
Hello fellow birders, I’m purchasing a Kowa Prominar TSN 663 scope from the US after reading Richard Jenkin’s posting August 29 Vol 53 Issue 40, with our dollar being so good against the US dollar and I’d love some help with finding a good and not to expensive light weight tripod for it (I’m hoping … Read more
Recently I have become involved with the analysis of birdsound audio and have been making recordings using a handycam and the video facility of the Canon EOS 7D DSLR. However these are a very ‘clunky’ ways of doing a simple task and wonder if anyone has found a reasonably cheap digital voice/audio recorder which does … Read more
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