Little Lorikeet repoerted by James Bailey

Hi James, I am really keen to add Little Lorikeet to my small list of new birds for 2011. Where abouts in Bentleigh East did you see these birds? It’s pretty close to where I live so I’d love to have a go at finding them, Best wishes, Patrick Scully =============================== To unsubscribe from this … Read more

Grass Parrot

Gooday BA On my regular walk yesterday around Maryland, near Newcastle NSW, I saw an interesting and beautiful pure yellow lutino/albino Grass Parrot (Red-rumped Parrot) feeding with 8 other normal coloured birds. It may have been an aviary escapee but it looked alert and pretty comfortable with its flock. Greg Little Greg Little – Principal … Read more

Big Wet for the Channel Country)

Hi Tony et al, Have a look at my aerial photos of the flooding Murray in SA- if you don’t call this a flood than what do you call it?? ‘Flowing quite well’ is a bit of an understatement… Apparently the ‘official’ definition of a flood is when the flow reaches 100,000 ML/day at the … Read more

Big Wet for the Channel Country

Dear All, NASA’s Earth Observatory site has some impressive images of the Channel Country following the recent rains. They can be seen at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49582&src=nha Should be some interesting birding when it is dry enough to get into. Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of … Read more

Apologies To Brian Johnson

Good Morning All I would just like to apologise to Brian Johnson for putting his name to the report of the Indian Cuckoo that I put up on Eremaea and Birding Aus that I have since retracted. It was not meant to embarrass him in any way and was totally my decision. Kindest Regards Geoff … Read more