Hi, Faye Bedford has kindly sent through information about a Northern Giant-petrel found at a Golf Course in Lakes Entrance. Sadly it died and a post-mortem revealed it had been killed by plastic ingestion. There are a few other new articles on Bird-O: Til the Last Tree’s first post since hitting the ground in Canada … Read more
I can certainly recommend George Swann of Kimberley Birdwatching, but he is based in Broome and he may have survey commitments. The best place to see Gouldian Finch is Wyndham. As you enter town you will see some sculptures in a water feature. When there isn’t water lying around the district, then Gouldians are reported … Read more
Hi all, Some of you may be interested in the cycling trip Nigel Jackett (my son) and his girlfriend Jaime Hall are undertaking at the moment in Canada. They are riding from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island (east to west) and hope to be on Vancouver Island by September or October. You can check out their … Read more
> Paul’s images are up here: http://birdo.wildiaries.com/species/19581 > > SIPO cannot be reliably identified on rump pattern alone.SIPO cannot be reliably identified based on wing bar extent. > The only way to reliably identify SIPO is on a range of characteristics, combined with structure and build. The species is: > Significantly smaller than Pied Oystercatcher.Is … Read more
Hi Birding-Aussers, Just wanted to see if anyone out there can offer any thoughts. We are planning a visit to PNG in the future and felt that in order to properly record the activities of all those Birds of Paradise which we would hopefully see, then some kind of moving image would be more effective … Read more