In his Saturday Age column on 1/10, ‘The case against the swamphen’, Robert Drewe described the Purple Swamphen thus: ‘It’s a tallish, bulky, gaunt bird…taller than the average rooster and, in a masked Darth Vader sort of way, more menacing in appearance…[It] has sinister black feathers, which blend into an oily purple ruff around the … Read more
Dear Birding Australia, I am the person who is fighting to save a piece of regionally important habitat in Warwick Farm, Sydney. Thanks for responding so kindly to me when I was trying to contact Graeme in August. I have now finished the book and it can be downloaded from the Save Cooper’s Paddock website: … Read more
Hi All, Following the excitement of the Barn Owl of a couple of weeks ago, this morning’s drive to work started as usual ….. swan, Great Egret, Royal Spoonbill, coot, feral pigs, STD’s, etc. But I couldn’t believe my eyes and hurriedly turned left in to Park Sq off Beacon St in Beacon Cove (Melbourne) … Read more
Our resident male Cassowary has not been seen since Sept 25 and we think he has finally gone off to nest, after a couple of months of sporadic mating with the female and one short absence, which might have been a failed nest attempt during the peak of the cold weather. Just before he went, … Read more
First Dollarbirds for the season in the Lockyer Valley on 2 October, 2011. Four at different locations within about half an hour on Sunday morning. Bill Jolly “Abberton” Helidon, Qld 27º 34′ 21″ S 152º 08′ 21″E =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with … Read more