Birds Australia – Victoria Portland Pelagic Trips 2012 I have now updated the BA-Vic web site with details of boat trips from Portland in 2012 and am taking bookings. If you want a spot (or spots), please follow the instructions there to make a booking. Regards Chris For details of Portland trips, go to the … Read more
Hi all, Sunday in Melbourne was overcast and the forecast was not all that enticing but I was suffering from cabin fever and had to get out of the house. The easiest option was the WTP; I could have a nice winter day with a thermos of tea and some jazz CDs as I cruised … Read more
Dear Birders, Here is another digest of my last observations, this time between Perth and Broome. I hope they won’t be too many orthographic mistakes in the names this time !! Feel free to use these datas if you need it. Cheers Maxime Zucca and Anne-Laure Dussuchal (France) *Road north of Perth, June 26th* -several … Read more
Dear Birders, Birds Australia is holding a free seminar in the Riverside Room, Crossing Theatre in Narrabri, NSW, on 4 August 2011 between 2:00 and 5:00. The aim of the seminar is to introduce the Important Bird Area (IBA) Program in rural NSW. There are a number of IBAs in the Narrabri area. A lot … Read more
SOSSA ran a private pelagic on Saturday 16th of July 2011. Good numbers of birds were seen, including large numbers of Slender-billed Prions, a Northern Royal Albatross and 2 Common Diving Petrels. Diving Petrels have not been seen off Wollongong for over 10 years. There have also been a number of Slender-billed Prion’s found beach washed in the Wollongong … Read more