Hi all, Raja and I just returned from a 4-day trip to Singapore: Arrival Thursday night Friday: all day business Saturday: some birding Sunday: all day wedding of friends Monday: some birding and then departure to Sydney Although it wasn’t the season for birding Singapore and although we never got to bird in the early … Read more
Hi Richard, I have late records of Rufous Songlark in the Bendigo area for this year as follows: 6th April, 2011. 3 birds in farmland along Neilborough Rd just south of Greater Bendigo National Park, then another in the national park along Camp Rd in box-ironbark woodland. All were silent. 23rd April, 2011. Single bird … Read more
hi all, I have two questions about WA cockatoos (for an upcoming trip): 1) there are western corellas and introduced long-billed corellas in Perth. Are there also introduced little corellas there? 2) how the heck do you tell a long-billed black cockatoo from a short-billed? I know the bill is (of course) different but from … Read more
In February 2002 (I think 2002), I went to Broome to see the Kelp Gull. Just before I left, we found a gull near the port with no windows in the wing and a longer more slender bill, I tried to turn it into a Slender-billed Gull, but then Ron Johnstone sent me his paper … Read more
Last Saturday I spent a long half-day at Terrick Terrick NP, during which time I saw a M-F pair of Rufous Songlark and at least 2 additional males. I could not recall previously seeing this species in early winter in this area and contacted Simon Starr (local guru), who confirmed the current presence of the … Read more