There is a new egret colony located at Kirchner Street Grafton. NSW. 500 plus cattle egret nests with large numbers of Cattle Egret in breeding plumage. 6 adult and 4 recently fledged Intermediate Egret. 1 Great Egret in breeding plumage and 1 Little Egret in breeding plumage. Warren Thompson =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing … Read more
Hi All, A brief story recalling a recent trip to Neale Junction in search of Princess Parrot can be seen here. http://bird-o.com/2012/02/04/weak-at-the-knees-neale-junction-trip-report/ I am interested though, how many summer sightings/records of Princess Parrot have there been? Considering trips in recent years have all (very sanely) be done in the autumn, winter and spring months. Enjoy! … Read more
Please have a look at this if you live in the Melbourne area. Cheers, James O’Connor | Head of Research james.oconnor@birdlife.org.au BirdLife Australia, Suite 2-05, 60 Leicester St, Carlton VIC 3053 Tel: (+61 3) 9347 0757 | Fax: (+61 3) 9347 9323 ________________________________ From: Grillo, Tiggy [mailto:tgrillo@zoo.nsw.gov.au] Sent: Monday, 6 February 2012 12:51 PM Subject: … Read more
Dear all The pair of White-faced Herons that nested and fledged two young in my neighbour’s ironbark on 23 or 24 January, are busy rearranging the nest with one bird standing on the nest at this moment – either sheltering eggs from the sun or just nest tittivating. It’s too high to tell. Can anyone … Read more
I was surprised to see two black-necked storks on Saturday 4th February on the road that leads to Canungra from the Beenleigh-Beaudesert Road, not too far from the corner. That’s not a bad little corner really – I’ve seen both spoonbills there several times (royal most often), both corellas, and several raptors, but this is … Read more