VicTwitch 2010 – closing hours

About 25 hours to go for our VicTwitch 2010. Yesterday we drove from Ouyen to Murrayville, then south along the famous Murrayville Track into Big Desert. For the first part of the journey we looked for Crimson Chats, but had no luck. For the southern part of the Murrayville Track, and then west along the … Read more

A big button-quail day

Reminds me a lot of 1 January 1974 when I went with Richard Loyn after the BOCA christmas camp to Omeo on the way home to John Izzard’s property near Finley NSW which had an influx of Red-chested Button-quails, Little Button-quails and Stubble Quails. We saw lots of all 3. After that Richard hoped to … Read more

Pelagic Trip

Hi All, Looking for expressions of interest into a pelagic trip out of Eaglehawk neck, Tasmania, on Monday, Jan 24th, 2011. Boat heads out 7am returning 2-3pm. Experienced birder on board confident with all Tas pelagic Id’s. 6 seats available. Please reply offline tfaulkner@reptilepark.com.au Thanks Tim Faulkner =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send … Read more

RFI – Stilt Sandpiper

Has anyone seen the WTP Stilt Sandpiper since the last report from Tuesday morning? thanks Philip Jackson ============================== 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 ==============================

A big button-quail day

Hi All, I drove up to Terrick Terrick National Park in north-central Victoria last night to search for Red-chested Button-quail. Although usually a rarity (or at least rarely encountered) in Victoria, there have been a smattering of reports in the state in the last 3-4 months. As luck would have it I saw at least … Read more