Hi et al Just got back from a very brief visit to NZ and managed to get a morning’s bird watching at the Miranda Shorebird Centre. Definitely worth a visit and some details of this fine bird centre can be seen on my blog at; http://topbirdsandeveryfing.typepad.com/top-birds-everyfing/ Regards Chris Shaw seashore@internode.on.net Mobile 0409 675912 My blog … Read more
Thanks Nick, caught up with a lifer at Eulo Bore on 31/03 when I saw the CBQT at the same site. The ridge line starts just short of 5km from the bore as it rises up from the flat and the bird was on top and at the start of the ridge line through to … Read more
The pelagic today out of Hillarys today netted 25+ Streaked Shearwater in loose groups, mostly just north of Rottnest Island. Some would’ve been quite easily visible from on shore on the north side of Rotto. This is the first record of this species on Hillarys trips (though they have rarely been run at this time … Read more
Tom and Mandy, I am currently in Darwin under the guise of navy reserve time and birding is very hot work! Niven Mcrie’s ‘Finding birds in Darwin Kakadu and the top end’ is an invaluable resource and you should try and get a copy. It has the answers to all your questions. Incidentally I was … Read more
Best place to see Chestnut Rail – either from the Elizabeth River Bridge (near Palmerston) or Stuart Pk mangroves (if you don’t mind getting muddy). Channel Island bridge good for Great-billed Heron. Chestnut-quilled Rock-pigeon – Bardejdilidji. Also Banded Fruit-dove. Or if the Carpentaria Palms at the beginning of the Nourlangie walk are fruiting, Banded will … Read more