G’day all, Watched a flock of Australian Pelicans from a supermarket car park in the centre of town this arvo. If there is anyone birding the Western Macs this weekend, they are a fair chance to turn up at one of the waterholes out that way. Thrilling stuff! http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/2011/08/pelicans-in-alice.html Happy birding! Chris Watson Alice Springs … Read more
Tony Bailey sought the identification of a strange Egret he saw and photographed at Coombabah Swamp on the Gold Coast on 11 August. The bird resembled a cross between a White-faced Heron and a Little Egret as it had mainly white underparts but with grey on the head, neck and upperparts. I suggested to him … Read more
Birds Australia’s Sea-EagleCAM, monitoring a nesting pair of White-bellied Sea-Eagles at Sydney Olympic Park. The first chick hatched on Sunday 14th August, the second chick hatched on Monday 15th August. It was interesting that the eggs were laid three days apart and they hatched one day apart. We did notice that after the first egg was … Read more
Interesting to see that Noisy Miners are proposed as a threatening process in Victoria under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. See the ‘preliminary recommendation’ for a listing by the Scientific Advisory Committee (Google for noisy miner and ‘Flora and Fauna Guarantee’). I am open to changing my mind but this, to me, seems like … Read more
Can anyone out there help with a Singapore birding contact who could help me get to Panti Forest in early October for Malaysian Rail-Babbler? All leads appreciated. Many thanks David Andrew =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org … Read more