Day: January 15, 2013

I have a book “A Birder’s Guide to Japan”. By Jane Washburn Robinson. Philip

Adelaide birders: could someone please recommend a place where I can get my spare pair of binoculars repaired, they need re-aligning. There used to be a place on Main South Rd in O’Halloran Hill but I can’t find its contact details anymore, or perhaps it’s gone. Thanks in advance. cheers Peter *

Hi List, This must be my year for Needletail sightings! At 11:35 am my 16 year old son & I arrived at Macquarie Centre to buy school shoes. Getting off the bus I glanced up to see a flock of White-throated Needletails soaring directly above Herring Rd, Macquarie Park, NSW. GPS co-ordinates -33.776793,151.118746 . They … Read more

G’day all My friends on the Tanzanian equivalent of birding-aus are currently wrestling with the identification of a frigatebird that has been frequenting some of the nicer beach-side suburbs of Dar es Salaam. They have asked me to post some photos on birding-aus for the Australian experts to examine. So there are four photos here: … Read more

I had had a great trip to Cairns and Cape York Bird Week, increasing my life list my 39 and seeing some beautiful birds.  I haven’t counted the group’s total, and doubt that I will have time to do a trip report at the moment.  Klaus’s ability to hear and locate birds was amazing, and … Read more