Two Black Swans were among a variety of birds displayed yesterday outside Ted Baillieu’s electoral office. All were found at McDonald’s or Hird Swamp, near Kerang. This links to a photo of a rescuer holding a dead swan: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150237310148125&set=a.53312383124.79260.638123124&type=1&ref=nf Species list: Hardhead (6) Mountain Duck (1) Grey & Chestnut Teal (17) Pacific Black Duck (8) … Read more
A few people have asked for coordinates of the sight so i swung by this afternoon and here they are. S 27 29.175, E 153 07.016. Watched the bird from these coordinates yesterday and this afternoon, in the two medium sized gum trees twenty meters in. Dave taylor got it on the track around lunch … Read more
I went to Minnippi wetlands yesterday in the rain with no success so after seeing John Hammonds report I went there again this morning at about 10am. It was quite windy and after half an hour I was still searching. Then I was alerted by a reasonably strong “Chip Chip “ call and the culprit … Read more
Hi all. We’re hoping to take the car ferry from Melbourne to Devonport in Tas. sometime in early Jan., 2012 so we can spend a week or two looking for the Tassie endemics. There are 2 options – a daylight crossing or an overnight crossing. What are the chances of seeing some pelagic species in … Read more
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9473000/9473794.stm Regards, Clive. =============================== 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 ===============================