Help with ID – Sparrowhawk or Brown Goshawk

Help please, these birds are nesting in the woodlands at Sydney Olympic Park we can’t decide which they are, the photos are grainy they were taken from some distance and cropped. It was very hard to get a clear shot. Comments would be welcomed. Att. Stephen Debus here is a photo of the adult and … Read more

Alice Springs Sewage Ponds Closure

G’day All, To any central Australian birders or folks that might be headed this way, the Alice Springs sewage ponds have been closed to birdwatching access by Power & Water today. This is another temporary closure as there has been another spike in the number of feral dogs and cats getting about the facility. The … Read more

South Polar Skuas get about

Like birders, they like to drift with currents … see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111202091011.htm Where Antarctic Predatory Seabirds Overwinter =============================== 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 ===============================

SA update (including Gluepot, outback etc)

Hi all, There’s been little in terms of reports from SA on Birding-aus lately so I thought I’d provide a short overview of what’s been happening the last two months or so. Of course, everyone would be aware that Scarlet-chested Parrots have bred at Gluepot between late July and mid November. An estimated 300-400 birders … Read more

Gadwall on Cocos

Hello all,             We had a GADWALL on West Island Cocos yesterday afternoon.   Cheers Richard Baxter =============================== 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 ===============================