Hi all, I am planning a weekend trip up to the Victorian Mallee next weekend. My main mission is to get a mate as many inland birds as possible (their first trip inland) combined with a few target species for me. I was planning to go Lake Tyrrell, Bronzewing Reserve and Hattah-Kulkyne and have checked … Read more
BA-Vic Group Pelagic off Portland, Victoria, Sunday 1 May 2011 Participants: Iian Denham, Rob Farnes, Peter Gibbons, Ruth Graney, Peter Jenkins, Brian Johnston, Alan Jordan, Rosemary Lester, Steve Murray, Ray Shultz, Glen White, Chris Lester (organiser). Crew: Shannon and Neville. Activity: Departed Portland harbour aboard the Southern Pride boat at 07.10, passing Lawrence Rocks and … Read more
Hi all A successful twitch on Monday. I arrived around 12.15 P.M. to find two local birders and Steve Roderick from home( dressed appropriately in Newcastle red and blue colours ) , with his scope trained on said bird. Too easy !! Nice when it works. I took several photos and the others gradually moved … Read more
We recently returned from an 8 day visit to Bladensburg NP (just south of Winton Queensland) where we spent the time doing bird surveys with Andrew Ley and his group. We tried to survey as much of the park as we could access. Saw many great birds. We saw several pairs of Rufous-crowned Emu-wrens including … Read more
We have been considering the purchase of new mid-range binoculars and, after reading much promotional blurb and user reviews, decided on the Nikon Monarch 8×42 with 8×32 as second choice. Could anyone with experience of these please give us their opinion. As a caution to others attempting binocular selection, I append the following: In Australia, … Read more