Cuckoos and Hawks

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sunshine coast birds

This morning I had no fewer than 3 Lewin’s Rail in view at the one site near Imbil in the Sunshine Coast hinterland with a fourth bird calling. A Bush-hen was calling at the same place, while two kilometres down the road, another two Bush-hens were calling. Near Imbil I had two Black-breasted Button-quail in … Read more

Shooters’ properties

In her 14 April message, Sandra referred to the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia property at Ripley (south of Ipswich, Qld) where Bundamba Lagoon (also known as Daly’s lagoon) is “monitored by local bird clubs”. Birds Australia South Queensland has been monitoring birds using this wetland since 2005, at the request of the SSAA. They … Read more

ocean iron and CO2

Hi All. While on the subject, what happened to the theory that sprinkling enormous quantities of iron filings onto the surface of the sea would create a huge phytoplankton bloom and thus remove copious quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? Cheers Michael =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in … Read more

Honeyeater migration in the Blue Mountains

Hello birders, The autumn migration of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters through the Blue Mountains was a bit late getting started this year. The first birds started coming through just over two weeks ago, but because the weather hasn’t been favourable, these amounted to not much more than a trickle of birds. Often the first cold snap of … Read more