a buff banded rail at UQ St Lucia (Qld)

Was sitting on the small patch of grass that’s between the Mayne Art Gallery and the Bioscience library building at the University of Qld this afternoon (recovering from being frozen by over-air-conditioning in our newly renovated building) when a buff-banded rail came right out into the open onto the grass next to us. It looped … Read more

Inisfail bird ID

Hi all, One of my colleagues from work has sent me a number of photo prints. They are from his mother who has been a keen backyard birder for many years in Inisfail FNQ. She sent me a number of photos of birds to be IDd and I had no problems with them apart from … Read more

Attn Moderators

Russell, Peter, et al, See following report sent to Birdline NSW. It is obviously commercial so wont appear on Birdline. However it is well intentioned, important in so much that it is private rainforest that may fall to residential development if business fails, & of interest to birders. So I wondered whether I should suggest … Read more

RFI – native plants for birds in the Gladstone / Capricorn region QLD

Hello birding-aus, We have recently moved from Vic to QLD (Gladstone…coastal Capricorn region) and bought our first property. As a keen bird photographer, I’d like to plant out our back terraced area with natives to attract birds. Unfortunately, I have very little gardening experience and all of it was back in Vic. So not only … Read more

Big Day 1st January

Hi Folk, We did a fun big day on the 1st January, pretty laid back but still managed 146 species. A full report with species list can be found on our blog. http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/ Cheers, Keith & Lindsay.