help to find a powerful owl in Melbourne !

Dear all ! I’m a french birdwatcher travelling in Australia for a while. I’m just back from one (great !) month in Tasmania, and will be in Melbourne for the next 2 days (before going 3 weeks in New Zealand). Before leaving for Tasmania, I tried too find a Powerful Owl in the Wilson’s reserve … Read more

Koels in Victoria

HI friends, In the last three or four years koels have gone from being rare breeding visitors in Canberra (one or two birds every summer) to being fairly common. We have had five to six birds called in our nieghbourhood in Fraser in Northwest Canberra. Can anyone tell me if there has been a similar … Read more

band found

Today I found, in suburban Sydney, a dried leg of a bird with a green plastic band on it. On the band is recorded IHPS, 1300766622, 29 and 2010. Any suggestions? Susan Knowles sknowles46@aapt.net.au =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) … Read more

Birders who like to take a different viewpoint

might like to have a look at penguin-cam. I suspect the bird’s eye view is a bit more stable than that of a back mounted camera. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/apr/08/penguin-cam-birds-eye-view-antarctica-video =============================== 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 ===============================

Flaggy Springs

Hey all, if someone could send me some information on ‘Flaggy Springs’, near Coonabarabran West NSW, it’d be much appreciated. i.e. owner, access, exact location. Cheers, Max Breckenridge, Gladesville, Sydney… =============================== 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 ===============================