Brief trip to TNQ

Hi All, As promised I’ve completed our trip-report for our recent excursion to Kingfisher Park and Michaelmas Cay on the Wildiaries site ( http://qld.tnq-birding.wildiaries.com/trips/10394) Hopefully the disaster that occurred to me whilst on the reef won’t spoil the generally excellent experience that we had (but it might be while before you see any more images!) … Read more

Square-tailed Kites Nesting

Enid Pascoe and I just got back from having a look and taking some pics of the Square-tailed Kites nesting with two orangey brown chicks near Humbug Scrub north east of Adelaide. Thanks to Bob Sothman and Trish for some excellent directions. When we arrived there was one parent at the nest with one chick … Read more

NEW BIRD FOR AUSTRALIA ON COCOS TODAY

Hello all,             What a morning!  Our last full day on Cocos and it just keeps getting better.   Jenny Spry and I arrived at the West Island wetlands at 5am this morning.  We soon had the Chinese Goshawk seen previously in the week soaring overhead, which was then joined by two possible JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK … Read more

The Biggest Twitch

Sorry about the subject line, I was sending Alan & Ruth a link to Sydney Birding and while suffering here from flu, jet lag and delhi belly it became a bit much to also think that I should have put in a different header;-( Sorry again, enjoy the book. Alan. As well as having read … Read more

Sydney Birds and Where to Find Them

As well as having read the book I had the pleasure of meeting Alan Davies and Ruth Miller in India over the last two weeks. I can see why they did the biggest twitch, so impressed with their enthusiasm and wherewithal to toss everything aside to do a full years birding! We all wish likewise … Read more