Hi All, Spent most of the day checking out a few wetland sites on the east side of Brisbane, turning up a few good species. At Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate, there was a flock of perhaps 15 Whiskered Terns and a single Glossy Ibis. At the wetlands off the end of Toombul St there was at … Read more
Evening all, I am heading back to Cape York next month and I am tidying up a few things that I have been meaning to chase up over the last couple of months. Firstly, on the way up we intend to bird around Musgrave and are hoping to visit Artemis to look for Golden-shouldered Parrots. … Read more
A Little Raven was digging persistently beside the Main Yarra Trail at Banyule Flats Reserve, close to the Yarra. It was often disturbed by cyclists and walkers but kept coming back. Its head disappeared at times into the excavation and I saw it fly off with something in its beak – probably to a nest … Read more
Sunday 2nd October, about 11.30 a.m. (DST) – a female Aust. Shelduck perched on a post in Banyule Swamp – apparently resting. It’s a very long time since I last saw one hereabouts – they used to come occcasionally back in the 1980s when the Billabong surroundings were grazed by cattle. Anthea Fleming =============================== To … Read more
Hi everyone, Due to some late cancellations, there are now places available on both the Saturday and Sunday pelagic trips off Albany (south coast of WA). As usual, the trips will depart from Emu Point Boat Harbour and be head out to the continental shelf break to look for albatross, petrels and shearwaters. I realise … Read more