Day: May 20, 2012

Hello Stephen, The following link may interest you, it documents a recent congregation of Turquoise Parrots west of Nowra, NSW: http://peonyden.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/turquoise-parrots-on-nowra-braidwood.html Cheers, Nigel Jackett Perth, WA Sent from my iPhone =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================

Hi Folks, Over the last few weeks there has been a noticeable local movement of some species moving down to lower altitudes. Birds that have turned up in the Lodge grounds that have come from the mountains behind (Mt. Lewis) have been Satin Bowerbird, Golden Whistler and Bower’s Shrike-thrush. Previous to that Lewin’s Honeyeater, Bridled … Read more

This being a traditional day-in-the-park, & the weather bringing out masses of humans, it was a marvel what a day it was for idly sighting raptors, too. From our picnic rug on the shore at New Farm Park, we could see two Brahminy Kites in the trees across the river, on the bank below the … Read more

A question: is it likely that turquoise parrots would congregate in large groups of 30+? My brother say a large group of small parrots on dusk at Mt Pilot near Beechworth. Bad light and no binoculars, but he thought they were not red-rumps. We saw 9+ blue-wings this morning near Breamlea along the road to … Read more

Most LED torches have a warning that it can be dangerous to look directly into the light beam. Pity birds can’t read! Sis :======================== Steve Potter wrote: I Folks, I went night birding in Singapore last week and used a “Led Lenser” LED torch which blew me away how powerful it was. It was very … Read more