Indian Peafowl Barrington Tops SF, NSW

Dear B-A, My daughter and her swain have just told me that they have seen 15-20 Indian Peafowl in the Dilgry area of Barrington Tops State Forest, NW of Gloucester. There were several chicks also seen. The swain, a local bowhunter, says he has seen the birds in the area for several years. Has anyone … Read more

Boxing Day observations – northern Sydney

Hi all after being cooped up by yesterday’s appalling Sydney weather (the wettest Christmas Day since 1942 apparently) I took myself out this morning (about 6-8:30am) to West Head in Ku-Ring-Gai NP and then we had a family walk at Long Reef late morning. I went to W head to find some Glossy Blacks as … Read more

The Pitta of Christmas Present

Christmas is best spent by a rainforest creek, and this year my companion and I went for a stroll up Northbrook Creek (it runs from the Mt Glorious area down to Lake Wivenhoe, SEQ). Being Christmas day, there were fewer cars than normal on the Northbrook Parkway, so there were plenty of goannas and robins … Read more

Needletail Observations

There was a flock of up to a dozen circling over the lower eastern slopes of Buderim (Sunshine Coast) around 9.30 am on 23 December, and a flock of up to a dozen zipping around (down to powerline level) over Holland Park west (Brisbane) at 11.30 today. Regards, Laurie. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing … Read more

Ourimbah RTA + Tuggerah Swamp

Hi everyone, I’m currently staying on the central coast over the next few days, and if the weather gets better I was going to checkout some of the nearby sites like the RTA Ourimbah site as well as the Tuggerah swamps for the first time. If anyone whose familiar with these places has a few … Read more