Day: April 6, 2012

A Red-capped Plover, that deserves a bravery award. Do you have photos of the raptors? And what’s the relevance of the photos of the shooters? Peter Shute

Victorian ducks have flown north! Good news – except that three weeks in to the Victorian duck-hunting season, the dead birds found by rescuers seem to indicate that almost anything is being shot. Photos are on my flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/69119011@N05/ These protected species were collected in the last three weeks:4 Eurasian Coots 1 Little Black … Read more

Hi all, I was very surprised to find a Little Curlew feeding on the sports fields at Kingsford Smith Park in Ballina this morning. It was still there when I left at 11am, despite being flushed a number of times by a raptor, walkers & kids kicking a ball around nearby. Even the tandem skydivers … Read more

Maybe it’s not such an unusual sighting, but I’ve often travelled Simes Road to Border Ranges NP over the past 30 years or so, and this is the first time I’ve seen a white-eared monarch. Just downhill from the BRNP, in early April, it was feeding amongst eucalypt foliage in open forest adjoining grazing country, … Read more

Hello fellow birders, Last weekend I had the pleasure of accompanying some excellent birders to and from Portland for the April Pelagic. I mentioned to an esteemed birder on the trip up that I had enjoyed watching the Western Gerygone on a recent trip to WA and that I had ticked it at Wyperfeld, He … Read more