SA, Qld, NSW roadtrip

Hi birding-aussers, Ruth and I are heading off on a bit of a road-trip. Hopefully I can avoid sinking the 4WD this time. We’re heading from Melbourne to Gluepot to look for the Scarlet-chested Parrots, then are going to head to Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges to look for the Thick-billed and Short-tailed Grasswrens. … Read more

SA, Qld, NSW roadtrip

Hi birding-aussers, Ruth and I are heading off on a bit of a road-trip. Hopefully I can avoid sinking the 4WD this time. We’re heading from Melbourne to Gluepot to look for the Scarlet-chested Parrots, then are going to head to Port Augusta and the Flinders Ranges to look for the Thick-billed and Short-tailed Grasswrens. … Read more

2 RFIs – Twitchathons and Darwin

G’day all, I’m popping up to Darwin for the rest of the week and thought I’d put out a request in case there was anywhere around the Top End that was particularly “twitchy” at the moment. I’d love to hear off-list if anyone has some good hotspots. Secondly, we’ve just wrapped up a corker of … Read more

Abrolhos / Lesser Noddy early November. Interested?

Hi all. My wife and I have a boat tentatively booked for 8 or 9 November to travel out to Wooded / Morley Islands from Geraldton with the main aim to see Lesser Noddy. The boat can carry up to 12 passengers legally. If you are interested we would be happy for fellow birders to … Read more

Unidentified bird – Cue, WA

Hello John My very first impression of this bird was that it looked like a Spinifexbird. Recently, when up in the Pilbara, several were seen perched out in the open such as this one. Regards,Michael Hi everyone, A few of us have been discussing the identity of a bird photographed on our trip to Cue … Read more