Michelle Plant – Investigation of Bird health and feeding behaviour at supplementary feeding sites – first paper in for publication, being interviewed on local radio in the Dandenong Ranges. For anyone interested can stream through the internet via www.3mdr.com and click at the top of the web page. Time 5pm Qld time Thursday. =============================== To … Read more
In the end we saw 108 species for the week with a couple of extra mingers. I have dumped Simone in Adelaide where she caught a flight home and am currently in Port Augusta before heading further out… report from this week will follow. Annotated bird list 1. Brush-turkey – Single bird seen early in … Read more
Kangaroo Island Trip report My girlfriend Simone and I recently spend a week on Kangaroo Island from the 26th of December to the 2nd of January on Kangaroo Island. We had wanted to visit for a while and were looking for a good place to relax after a hard year of work. The fact that … Read more
Hi All, Mike Carter, Tony Palliser and Frank OConnor report 5-6 Yellow Bitterns, Malayan Night Heron, Red-collared Dove and the recently reported Oriental Reed Warbler on Christmas island today and yesterday. On Cocos I think the only additional bird that was mentioned was a Pond Heron – species indeterminate at present but possibly something interesting! … Read more
A request for list members. I have compiled a three page egret identification guide for use in the field. which shows close up images of Eastern Great, Intermediate and Little Egrets plus some associated biology. I would like to add another page showing Cattle Egrets and need some images of birds (full frame if possible) … Read more