Like! Chris Charles has clearly got it wrong about the “ONE thing NSW has over Vic???” – I had never heard of A. portuensis before and that is a very seriously rare plant. I wonder what other associated plants have gone for ever. As to the RWBs, I wonder why they seem to have disappeared … Read more
Annie and I saw a male Chestnut-breasted Quailthrush today in the same area I had seen it many years ago. Go north for 10 minutes along the Louth road past the CSI mine on your right. Soon on the left there is a turn in to a vegetation tip. We saw 6 Spotted Bowerbirds here. … Read more
There is one spot left for an 18-day birding tour of the Indonesian islands of Timor, Flores, Sumba and Komodo next February. By working with local operators, we have been able to negotiate a cost well below what is charged by the main birding organisations. Let me know if you are interested please. Greg Roberts … Read more
From photographs of a bird found dead on the Esperance (WA) tug on 20 June 2011, we may finally have an Australian record of the long overdue SIBERIAN THRUSH! The specimen looks to be a bit damaged but fairly fresh, not decomposed. So it would have been alive quite close to that very southern Australian … Read more
Hi all, and Sydneysiders. A friend of mine is heading to Sydney, and is interested in tracking down Red-whiskered Bulbul. Is there a reliable location in Sydney? Also any sites close to the CBD? It now seems that one thing sunny NSW has over Victoria is RW Bulbul. Recent records in Vic are virtually nil. … Read more