Hi All, A friend has just drawn my attention to an interesting article on a NZ government website regarding the coincidence of la Nina and starving seabirds. It says that the calm warm waters brought in by la Nina don’t allow the water columns to mix, thus preventing the passage of small baitfish to the … Read more
Hi all, thank you to everyone who gave me valuable advice for my little orphaned oriole. She is now with the bird carer and hope she survives. My only experience with raising birds was one black faced cuckoo shrike and 2 sets of native ducklings – 10 in all. I am happy to say that … Read more
Hi all, A few days ago, before the big rains in northern Vic started, a local landholder arrived at my place and wanted to show me something. We drove off through his paddocks, alongside the dry ( at that stage) Calivil creek, and there was a Brolga tending its nest. The nest was about 20 … Read more
I saw about 40 WTNTs at Dalmeny (Narooma, south coast of NSW, c. 1 km from the ocean) on 13 Jan 2011. Time was between 7.55 am and 8 am. Conditions were cloudy with drizzle, northeasterly wind. Richard =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, … Read more
Hi, The Stanley River is in the northern part of the catchment, whose water flowed so dramatically down the Brisbane River earlier this week. James and I have a habit of going birding somewhere at dawn every week or so, taking our breakfast with us. This morning, and this time without breakfast, we headed west … Read more