Hi all, I was treated to some fantastic views of a Channel-billed Cuckoo at around a metre today at work as one was checking out a Pied Currawong nest outside a colleague’s office window. I noticed the size and shape, along with the barring of the underparts and thought there was a slight superficial resemblance … Read more
Some Pelagic lovers on the list may be interested in this. Carl Clifford Begin forwarded message: From: Aasheesh Pittie Date: 27 October 2011 8:18:27 PM Subject: [OB] Indian Birds 7.3 Pelagic Special INDIAN BIRDS [www.indianbirds.in] Vol. 7. No. 3. 2011. Guest Editor: Praveen J. CONTENTS Observing oceanic birds in Sri Lanka Rex I De Silva … Read more
Hi All Over the past month Kangaroo Island, SA, has experienced a significant influx of waterfowl from the mainland-most notably Hardhead which has arrived in 10,000++. Also, and a bit more surprising to me, is the 10,000++ Hoary-headed Grebe that have suddenly appeared alongside Hardheads on our brackish paperbark lagoons. Up until about a month … Read more
G’day all ye bird-watchers: White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) Report for 2010/11 Season: Addendum. I have erred – having missed placing the last 1.5 pages of last season’s notes into my swift database. This means Irene Allan saw WTNT on 81 days not 74 as reported and her brother Ron Becker (Maramingo Creek, E. Gippsland, Vic.) … Read more
Sorry for the late notice, but there are some vacancies on the SOSSA pelagic trip from Wollongong NSW this Saturday, 29th October. SOSSA is a not-for-profit organisation, with trip surpluses being used to fund further research. For more information on SOSSA, please visit the SOSSA website at HTTP://WWW.SOSSA-INTERNATIONAL.ORG/INDEX.HTM [1] For further trip dates, HTTP://WWW.SOSSA-INTERNATIONAL.ORG/PAGES/FRONT%20PAGES/TRIPDATES.HTM [2] … Read more