Pursuing the theme of Who is John Weigel, our latest Australian Big Year birder, I am advised that he is indeed the Director of the Australian Reptile Park (presumably on a year-long sabbatical). A little Web searching produced the following (no mention of birding interests?). Perhaps John might like to join Birding-aus (if he isn’t … Read more
Today I had 6 Wandering Tattlers – an unusually large number for this bird in Australia – on the Sunshine Coast, all in breeding plumage. The birds were behaving unusually, calling constantly and chasing each other about. Sooty Oystercatcher and Reef Heron were also present. Pictures here: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/. Greg Roberts =============================== To unsubscribe from this … Read more
Who is John Weigel (note spelling)? Is this the Australian Reptile Park John Weigel? The title of his blog implies that he is a Tasmanian birder. It would be good to know a little more about someone who is doing a serious Australian Big Year. Richard I don’t know if anybody has seen this http://www.birdingfordevils.com.au/ … Read more
From a friend who works at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn (Melbourne) Wendy A big flock of (little?) corellas has suddenly flown into Hawthorn from the north-east and parked in a few medium-sized trees in the campus here, making them look a bit like a colony of fruit bats. poor trees look a bit … Read more
Hi folks, I was fortunate enough to luck upon a very co-operative intermediate-morph South Polar Skua hanging around inshore in the Bremer Bay area for at least 3 days over the Easter weekend. It was last definitely seen on Monday with a possible brief sighting on Tuesday evening before I left. A few more details … Read more