Hi all, Well, last weekend I was fortunate enough to be given a place on the pelagic trip that went out to the Queensland and Britannia seamounts, 100 nautical miles due east from Southport QLD. I rang as soon as I heard about a vacancy on the trip because of the chance of going on … Read more
Dear birders Has anyone got any suggestions where I could spend a good two days seeing birds in the areas around Ku-ring-gai or Garrigal NPs? Any chance of seeing things like Beautiful Firetail, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater or Chestnut-rumped Heathwren? TIA for any info. Kind regards Ákos =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: … Read more
I was looking at an overseas birding blog this morning while having a coffee, and it was about “blown eyes”, a term I hadn’t heard before. It seems to be when the pupil leaks into the iris. Is this a term used here? I’ve recorded it once that I remember in a photo of a … Read more
Further to Gregs’ posting there is a pelagic out from Southport this Saturday 21st April with a couple of possies still available. I would say there is a good chance that New Zealand Storm-Petrels could well be still in the area. Contact: Paul Walbridge on (PH) (W) 07 3139 4584 (before 1530 hrs) (H) 3256 … Read more