I take some exception to Julian’s posting, and particularly to the way the topic has since strayed into the Qld floods but the subject has not been changed. 1. It is TWITCHING. Pure and simple. But there is nothing wrong with that. 2. There is no DIRECT connection between twitching and conservation. I doubt think … Read more
Warm thanks to everyone who has emailed! Just got the net this-afternoon. I will try to answer individually when I can, but we’re still in recovery mode. In the meantime, just this note to let everyone know that we’re both safe and staying with kind friends in Helidon. Abberton has suffered a bit of a … Read more
Following on from my Kangaroo Island report I had a further week birding in South Australia. I hadn’t really planned what or where I was going except that I wanted to look for race myall of the Thick-billed (or Western) Grasswren near Iron Knob and I wanted to spend a couple of days looking for … Read more
Hi all, I’m one of those unusual types that can’t drive and as such my birding is done by public transport or by tagging along with kind friends who can drive. I’ve been wondering about going to some of the further reaches of the cityrail network and I wondered if there were any good spots … Read more
Hi All, I’ve just returned from a Christmas holiday birding in Thailand and have been putting up some video on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/user/wazoologist ) of some of the birds and animals I saw. One of the videos has been of Red Junglefowl and the number of views per day and positive emails about it has … Read more