Hi Birders, Word is getting around that Barb Gilfedder saw an Australian Painted Snipe at the Alice Springs Sewage Ponds today while looking for our Pied Herons. (Good work Barb!) Like those Herons, this is an important bird for Alice Springs- I’m not sure its the first ever but they are certainly few and far between. I’ll … Read more
Hi all, I’m at Binna Burra this week. I’m specifically looking for an Albert’s Lyrebird and a Paradise Riflebird. Any ideas in the neighbourhood? I think I just photographed a marbled frogmouth! Regards, Gary Oliver birdshootaustralia.blogspot.com =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no … Read more
Hi all over the weekend, I have visited a couple of site and saw first hand the paucity of waterbirds around Sydney this summer, but also how well the bush birds are doing with the recent rains. On Saturday (20 Nov), I had to pass by the Sydney Olympic site on my way to purchase … Read more
Mt Mee /Ocean View — 12.45pm, Thurs 18 Nov 2010 Horizon to horizon, & canopy-height to cloud-ceiling, WTNTs travelling slowly E->W for >15 minutes, across the range towards a huge N/S rain band showing on the BOM radar at this time. Uncountable/?thousands of Swifts — though surprisingly late this year, a grand first sighting for … Read more
Hi all, Have there been any reports of the yellowlegs returning to South West Rocks this year? Cheers, Ed Ed Williams Hornsby NSW ============================== 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 http://birding-aus.org ==============================