Black Mountain Road, Kuranda The male Cassowary still has his 3 chicks, now some 9 months old and due to be evicted any day as the female is coming around quite a bit and this is the usual prelude to mating. The chicks are squabbling amongst themselves and wandering off quite a bit on their … Read more
The large flock of green Satin Bowerbirds that invade my garden each winter have taken to eating the last yellowing leaves of the mulberry as they hang in the tree – even nibbling the curling brown edges of the leaves before they drop. It now explains why there are so many bits of leaves lying … Read more
Hi all, Here’s a bit of a report for the trip Ed Williams and I made inland and a day spent on a zone 1 ticket around Melbourne: http://www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk/trips/inland_victoria_1.html Many thanks to everyone who gave us information on where to go and what to find and to those who also helped with IDing the juvie … Read more
Dear Birders, Just a very brief update to say we had an excellent week on CI last week, as I was straight back to work on returning I haven’t had time to put any details together yet. For those twitchers interested in CI vagrants we found a Chinese Pond Heron (Sum. plumage) and some ‘Black-winged’ … Read more
Last weekend of official duck hunting in Victoria. This long weekend, rescuers will be preventing ducks being shot, rescuing wounded birds and bringing back dead ones from McDonald Swamp and Hird Swamp. Running total of game ducks shot and left on five wetlands is: Total whole birds – 505 Protected species – 70 Black Swan … Read more