Croker Island

Apologies for not mentioning exactly where Croker Island is. It is in the Arafura Sea north and east of Darwin off the Coburg Peninsula. You can drive up the peninsula and have a vehicle taken over by barge or of course you can fly in. Don Hadden ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ P O Box 1007, Malanda, Qld 4885, … Read more

Croker Island Birds

Don, please, where is Croker Island? Cheers, Dominic Lisa Tanner & Dominic Chaplin PO Box 208 Bungalow QLD 4870 Tel 0419 028 077 Fax 07 4051 4896 http://www.pinecreekpictures.com.au =============================== 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 ===============================

My Tiger and Golden Bowerbird

Good Evening everyone Last week my wife and I headed up to Cairns as recently our faithful companion Tiger Boy a beautiful Golden Retriever sadly passed away after a long illness. My thoughts when I went up there were to hopefully photograph the Golden Bowerbird and to dedicate that species to him, fortunately I was … Read more

Croker Island birds

Over the last 2 days there has been a Barn Swallow hawking between the beach and the swamp at Palm Bay. Wetland species are easier to observe now as there is very little water for them to feed in and there are significant numbers in a relatively small area. Plenty of crocodiles too!! There are … Read more

Red and White Goshawks

Hello all. Yesterday I returned from a trip across Northern Aus and will eventually put together a trip report. One of the highlights was calling in at Bitter Springs to see the Red Goshawks again. As Nick Leseberg reported recently they have raised a chick. It is now quite large and probably only a week … Read more