Stilt Sandpiper & visiting Werribee

I know Melbourne birders must be getting sick of this, but here’s another interstate birder thinking of a visit over the Xmas period and seeking help 🙂 I checked the Melbourne Water website but couldn’t find any info on obtaining permits for birding, so need advice/assistance in getting access. I’m thinking of flying, or possibly … Read more

Wyong, NSW

Approx 50 spotted near Wyong. Seen whilst driving along Sydney to Newcastle Freeway. Flying very low in warm and sultry conditions. Smaller group of 15 about 1km further on. Chris Gregory =============================== 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 … Read more

White-winged Black Terns, SEQld correction

Apologies, I said below we had 14 WWTE, but that was on the low tide. On the high tide we had 186. The high tide was in the morning. Jill Jill Dening Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia 26° 51′ 41″S 152° 56′ 00″E On 23/12/2010 1:24 PM, Jill Dening wrote: > Hi All, > > It … Read more

White-winged Black Terns, SEQld

Hi All, It just occurred to me that every year about this time I get enquiries from people about to go on holidays and wanting to know where to see their first White-winged Black Tern. So perhaps it’s timely to copy an answer I gave this week. “They are around, but so far I haven’t … Read more

ebooks

Hi All, I’ll bet many of you have been having the same conversations as we have about when we will be able to obtain reference books digitally or as e-books. Does anyone know if any of the field guides are yet downloadable (for a price of course) in e-book? Or even in pdf? I am … Read more