g’Day All Traveled from Tasmania via the ferry and drove across to Price SA from Melbourne yesterday. This was our 20th return trip in 7 years and usually the heavy vehicle traffic makes it a tiresome journey but this time, activity was so quiet we could have birded on the freeway. On board the ferry … Read more
For those who are interested, there is a SGP at Lorne. It’s being fed fish around the pier. Wildlife carers are on there way and talking to Parks about taking it into care. At present, it doesn’t appear the bird is distressed. It’s taking food but it’s wary of people. Regards, Simo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simon Mustoe … Read more
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