Rescuers from Coalition Against Duck Shooting found a starving Sharp-tailed Sandpiper on Jack Smith Swamp, near Yarram, Victoria, on the weekend. Duck hunting is permitted here, which may be why it hadn’t fed sufficiently. The sharpie was weak and flapping around in the water. It was caught and taken to Melbourne Zoo, where it was … Read more
Are these the ponds along Andoom Rd before the Mission Bridge ? Tony =============================== 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 ===============================
Hi Ray, and all, Yellow chats use the 12-mile creek and saltworks drain sites as breeding areas in the early to late wet season and move back to publicly inaccessible areas in the saltworks for the rest of the year. Usually they are only at 12-mile creek to March or early April depending on the … Read more
Hi Alan, Thanks for the informative info about the Victoria’s Riflebird. You obviously have a wealth of observational knowledge. It seems amazing that we humans deny any intelligence in any other life forms in spite of any knowledge such as your comments. The young birds get tutors and teaching but of course how can this … Read more
G’day Kate & Ray Why not get in touch with Allan Briggs – he lives in Rocky-Yeppoon area & has been heavily involved in surveys of Yellow Chats on the mainland sites (not just Curtis Is). I’m sure that he could help you out & that he would know of some spots for Zitting Cisticolas … Read more