Simon, Congratulations on your Red-billed Tropicbird twitch. An exciting day by the look of it, I wish I could have gone. Have been at Mt Everest for the last week and have had several days of -10 deg and decent winds. I would have loved to have swapped a day up here for a … Read more
I was rather surprised to find a pair of Chestnut Teal on a small dam on a woodland reserve in Canberra (for Canberrans, the ‘New Line Quarry’ site). I was even more surprised to observe that the male had a pale blue eyestripe behind the eye on both sides. (Rather poor picture at http://www.jleonard.net/mystbird.htm). Has … Read more
Thanks to all those who sent in suggestions for weather reports etc. in outback NSW. Tim Jones gave some interesting news on his recent trip out that way, with news of some road closures. However, Bourke Council was very helpful with local weather report and NPWS Bourke gave me news on Gundabooka which is open … Read more
Hi all, I’ve just received a report of a Spangled Drongo at Cheetham Wetlands in Altona (Victoria), seen by James Bailey. The bird was spotted at co-ordinates: -37.885617,144.793485. It was there most of the day. There is a photograph at: http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=6 Cheers, Tim Dolby This email, including any attachment, is intended solely for the use … Read more
Seems the bird was an illegal import, See : http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/diseased-imported-bird-destroyed-20101120-1818r.html Cheers, Carl Clifford On 20/11/2010, at 2:22 PM, Laurie Knight wrote: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/20/3071975.htm Exotic bird poses disease risk in North West Posted 1 hour 18 minutes ago Quarantine officials have been forced to destroy several birds in the state’s North West because of fears of an … Read more