TC Anggrek [cat 2] is currently loitering around the Cocos Islands. I wonder if there will be a higher rate of vagrants turning up there during November than normal … Regards, Laurie. =============================== 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 … Read more
My big trip finished with a couple of days in Tasmania. Highlights as follows: Peter Murrell Reserve – Forty-spotted Pardalote, Spotless Crake, Tasmanian Native-Hen, Yellow-throated Honeyeater, Yellow Wattlebird, Green Rosella Bruny Island – Pink, Dusky, Scarlet and Flame Robins, Black-headed and Strong-billed Honeyeaters, Blue-winged Parrot ,Tasmanian Scrubwren, Tasmanian Thornbill, Hooded Plover Tinderbox – Swift Parrot … Read more
Hi again, I spent a week in NSW from 22-28 October, starting in the Capertee and ending in Sydney, via Forbes, Lake Cargelligo, Round Hill, Hay, Barren Grounds and Royal NP. Highlights were as follows: Capertee Valley – Diamond Firetail, Fuscous Honeyeaters, Little Lorikeets, Painted Button-Quail, Black-chinned Honeyeaters, Zebra Finches, White-browed Babblers Superb Parrots were … Read more
Hi Nick, I was there around the same time (16th-21st October) and managed to get 38 lifers and a few birds I’d not seen in Australia before. I did manage to get the Mangrove Robin, though, which made me feel a bit better about not getting out to Cassowary House or Michaelmas Cay: http://www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk/abirds/mangroverobin.html Also, … Read more
Hi again, Following my trip to Cairns I spent about 2 days birding around Brisbane from 20-22 Oct. Highlights were as follows: Boondall Wetlands – Mangrove Honeyeater, Collared Kingfisher and Mangrove Gerygone. Daisy Hill Koala Centre – Square-tailed Kite Mt Tamborine – NO Albert’s Lyrebirds, despite about 3 hours of searching Lamington NP (O’Reilly’s) – … Read more