Hi all, Yesterday, Raja and I paid a quick visit to Lakes Bathurst and George in NSW. We arrived relatively late at Lake Bathurst and the only area where we actually could see the water was along the south shore. We saw good numbers of Gray Teal and Black Swan, a few Pacific Black Duck … Read more
G’day all, I’m here to appeal to the wader oracles again. There were three new waders at the poo ponds in Alice Springs this afternoon. The picture I got is not that flash as these birds (3) were extremely wary. I’ve stuck the best image I could manage on the website here; http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com/p/id-help.html My best … Read more
One for me, at any rate (if the IOC accept it): http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14947902 I’d always been interested in the taxonomy of this bird, with various authorities treating them in a variety of ways. Some treated it as a stable hybrid of House and Spanish Sparrow, others as a race of Spanish and and the Dutch as … Read more
G’day, As I left for work this morning there was a flock of 300+ Masked Woodswallows flying very high over the northern suburbs of Alice Springs in a generally southern direction. It’s great to see them back again and I’m sure there may be a few White-browed among them. Cheers, Chris Watson Alice Springs =============================== … Read more
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