During a week on Lord Howe Island (26/12/2011 to 2/1/2012) we had a total of 41 bird species. Besides the “usual suspects” we had the following: Australian Wood Duck: 1 male, airport 30/12/2011 Hardhead: 1 female, airport 30/12/2011 Wandering Albatross (exulans) 1, Ball’s Pyramid 1/1/2012 White-necked Petrel 2, Ball’s Pyramid 1/1/2012 Great Cormorant: up to … Read more
I’ve just been down, all too briefly, to the NSW coast and around Sunshine Bay, (just south of Bateman’s BayO), the Koels are in a frenzy of calling (presumably with a view to mating to take advantage of the Magpie and Currawong second broods. The most interesting thing about this was that in the street … Read more
Mike, Three only WTN seen at Ewan Maddock Dam, Landsborough, SEQ today (2/1) at 1005hrs. Flying low over tree-tops, not obviously feeding. Weather o’cast with moderate winds, not stormy. Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ =============================== 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 … Read more
Anyone who doubts the value of a single mature eucalypt in a suburban garden as nesting habitat for native birds should read on. We have a villa unit with an L-shaped garden in an inner suburb of Sydney. Our garden is landscaped with a broad range of mostly locally-native shrubs, bushes and small (
Hi Sonja Out and about on the NSW south coast at the moment so don’t have access to refs but would definitely recommend Iceland, though can’t really Sent from my iPhone =============================== 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 … Read more