Hi Laurie, It depends how you define your survey. The short answer is obviously you need to define your methods and keep to them, not decide which species are and are not before the event, otherwise the survey is meaningless. Thus it is I think irrelevant to ask if Tawny Frogmouths are garden birds, but … Read more
Hi all, Ian and I recently drove across the Anne Beadell Highway (Great Victoria Desert) from Coober Pedy to Laverton from 29th April to 6th of May. Over that time we saw 5 sightings of Scarlet-chested Parrot but no Princess Parrot were seen. We saw quite a few Mulgas and some Mallee Ringnecks and two … Read more
Today’s weather was lovely and fine – 100% azure sky, slight breeze, temp in the mid 20s – just what you expect in Brisbane in May. You have to go out at lunch time when conditions are like this. As I was perambulating around the Roma St Parklands taking in the floral displays set up … Read more
Hi all, Last Sunday we decided to go down to Point Lonsdale (Vic) and look for seabirds. We spent a few hours there but the tide was in, the sky was overcast and the wind was calm. The result was that all we saw of interest were a few Shy Albatross, some gannets, some Silver … Read more
Hello Loretta, I know that these birds that have not been close to people are wary but in urban situations they can be closely approachable but I haven’t encountered anything like that. I suggest that the person or people to ask are whoever has had an involvement with this bird previously. We can all make … Read more