Hi All 4 Oriental Cuckoos plus Brush, Shining-bronze, Fan-tailed and Channel-billed, Koel and Pheasant Coucal made for that kind of day on Saturday – plus a (calling only) Bush Hen. Otherwise the site was remarkably deficient in the usual birds, both in numbers and variety. We all believe we heard one of the Orientals respond … Read more
Hi All Seawatch from 8.00 – 13.30 yesterday (30.12.12) proved quite fruitful. South-easterly winds 25 – 30 knots, increasing , choppy, white-capped, irregular seas, 40% cloud cover causing continuously changing light and glare conditions. Wedge-tailed and Short-tailed Shearwaters in good numbers (~100/hr each), some passing very close, until 10.00 when the passage dropped off to … Read more
Hello, This Shearwater was photographed on the August 19th Wollongong Pelagic, 2012. The other birds were quite obvious (excluding the few White-capped Albatross), and we even had some ID help afterwards (thanks to Chris S.) but my colleague just sent me this photo and I cannot be sure of its identification. The jizz brings a … Read more
Hi all, yesterday I picked up an exhausted Shearwater off South Ballina beach, took a few quick snaps with my phone & dropped it off at Seabird Rescue. My best guess is Fluttering Shearwater. Bill length was about 32mm, I think that’s too short for Hutton’s. Can the pelagic experts on birding-aus please confirm my … Read more
Hi All, A couple of weeks ago there were quite a few Painted Snipe reported at Black Swamp, Boorhaman East near Rutherglen, Vic. Has anyone been out there more recently? Also, whilst I’ve located the correct road can anyone tells what the access and signage to the reserve is like and where exactly on Boorhaman … Read more