Hello all, We arrived on a very dry Christmas Island on Saturday afternoon with all the usual pools/ponds of water bone dry. Sunday night bought a change of weather, with over night rain, which has continued intermittently for the last two days. The first morning after the rain we found a nice PURPLE-BACKED STARLING close … Read more
Dear Birders, Ron Broomham, Bob Way, Rob Burgoyne and I have just spent a few days staying at Kingfisher Park as a base for a search for Buff-breasted Button-quail (BBBQ). Given the rarity of this bird I thought the results of this outing may be of interest to others and hence the rather long report. … Read more
Another great day birding on the Sunshine Coast yesterday with records including: Black-breasted Buttonquail (a female showing magnificently near Imbil), Shining Flycatcher (a female in the mangroves on the Noosa River), Baillon’s Crake (1 at Cooroy), Cotton Pygmy-Goose (5 at Eumundi), King Quail (2 near Noosa), Little Grassbird (2 at Cooroy), White-eared Monarch (Little Yabba … Read more