My highlights today were a Roseate Tern in breeding plumage & an extraordinary 31 Bridled Terns. The Roseate Tern was found by a friend(Faye Smith) earlier in the day at Flat Rock, East Ballina. After work, I tracked it down resting on the rocks at Black Head, East Ballina. I also had 5 Lesser Frigatebirds … Read more
Caught up with a friend who works with NSW National Parks at the office at Nielsen Park and he told me he saw a Sooty Tern on the beach there. Nielsen Park is inside the harbour maybe 2km from South Head. Swells of 2 metres and bird flew around but came back. Haven’t seen it … Read more
Hi I just sent the entry below for submission to Birding Aus but I don’t think the link is working. It is Bill Stents’ dropbox, Sorry to be a pain, Jeanie From: Jeanie Churchward [mailto:ijchurchie@bigpond.com] Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2013 9:04 PM To: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au Subject: Presents from Cyclone Ozwald at Dundowran Beach, Hervey Bay, QLD … Read more
Hi every one, Myn husband, Ian and I live on the beach at Dundowran which is just north of Hervey Bay. Saturday night, the 26th, January was a night of little sleep for us – we experienced extremely wild, destructive winds with trees coming down, a huge king tide that made quite a mess of … Read more
NATIVE WATERBIRDS NEED YOUR HELP! Despite threats posed to our native waterbirds by global warming, ravaging bushfires and extreme weather conditions, the Victorian government has called a 2013 recreational duck-shooting season, commencing March 16. The Coalition Against Duck Shooting is calling for volunteers for both on-shore and off-shore jobs. Join the duck rescue team at … Read more