Yesterday I flushed a Rufous Owl while birdwatching near the Crater Mt. Hypipamee NP QLD. Today I saw a Golden Bowerbird at his bower south of the Crater. I am enjoying birding in Atherton Tablelands. On Sunday 20th Keith Fisher showed me the Spotted Whistling Ducks at Wonga, QLD. This was a welcome lifer and … Read more
Captive: first eggs just laid at Healesville Sanctuary breeding facility. Wild: twenty birds, including eight females, have arrived at summer breeding grounds in south-west Tasmania. For up-to-date information on OBPs, visit facebook.com/savetheobp. Debbie Lustig Phone 0402 887 248www.facebook.com/savetheobp =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, … Read more
Hi all, David James’ comments on this subject are detailed and very informative. Taxonomy is not a subject that I delve into too deeply but I am curious as to other birding-aussers comments on David’s final comments. “Here’s the thing: it is not that hard to resolve the species-or-subspecies issue when the breeding distributions abut. … Read more
Hi Bob & Allan I went to Triangle Pond this afternoon and meet Tun Pin Ong and he found the Snipe in short time on the south west shore. Very had to see but we got a few photos very grainy. But yes it was still there only saw one. Geoff Hutchinson
Hi All, Have just finished my part of the QUT sensor work and found an interesting call at 21.18hrs on 15 October 2010 at the SERF site in Samford, SE Qld. It was very wet at the time and there are a lot of insect and frog noise in the background but the call is … Read more