Sitting here listening to a Boobook call from the next door neighbour’s back yard. A most pleasant surprise from suburbia! Alistair =============================== 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 ===============================
Hi everyone As a few of you would know, I’m only 17, so I’m not very knowledgeable on the history of Sydney birding. It’s come to my attention that McGrath’s Hill treatment plant really is quite a good spot to go birding (and has had vagrants before), but it’s not particularly easy to see in … Read more
Hi all, Returning from our week on Norfolk I flew to Townsville last Saturday for a few days to stay with Ian. I wanted to see Rufous Owl, Pale-vented Bush-hen and Zitting Cisticola, three quick and easy birds (smile). I had done my homework and had some contacts so I was ready to start on … Read more
I apologise for this being off topic, but as others have commented Birding-Aus has a very wide range of subscribers. I have just finished reading a book released last year by the Royal Society of Victoria on the Scientific Legacy of the Burke and Wills Expedition. Some very interesting stuff (including a bit on birds) … Read more
Hi all, Our Norfolk Island trip was meant to start with a quick flight from Melbourne to Norfolk on Norfolk Airways – and then they dropped out and Air New Zealand took over. Bother. Because our dates could not change we flew via Brisbane and arrived on the island, somewhat bemused, many hours later. Wandering … Read more