Thanks, Tim, for getting all those records off the computer. With my Councillor duties I am struggling to keep up the Bayside Friends of Native Wildlife database – let alone forward them to the Atlas etc. (I know, I know, I should). Maybe that’s why there are none from here in your list. Anyhow I’ve … Read more
As it turns out there was a very good reason why this Emperor Penguin was “taken into captivity”. It was seriously suffering. It should have been obvious to any thinking birdwatcher that an Emperor Penguin very much out of its normal territory could be in trouble. However, it seems that some of our esteemed birdwatchers … Read more
Hi, No sooner had we got SMS, Twitter and other messages out about the Emperor Penguin and ash clouds had cleared, it seems that perhaps the biggest potential rarity of the year for ANYWHERE in the world, has been taken into captivity. http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/5185989/Ailing-Kapiti-emperor-penguin-rescued Read about the bird’s find on Bird-O: http://bird-o.com/2011/06/23/why-penguins-are-one-seventh-as-popular-as-the-weather/ Regards, Simon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simon … Read more
Good Afternoon Everyone I have nearly finished my photos from my recent trip up to Cape York to photograph the Golden-shouldered Parrot and two of the highlights from this trip were a pair of Ospreys which had built their nest 3 times before succeeding in not breaking a limb. Also an old adult Wedge-tailed Eagle … Read more
Hi All, we did a Noosa survey yesterday and had NO success locating the Roseate Tern, in a flock of about 30 Common Terns on the sandbanks. Had a good haul of Commons in the evening survey. I’ll send a report when I get the numbers together. Cheers, Jill