Hi All There have been quite a few Oriental Pratincoles in the Pilbara this summer. They are agile and powerful arial feeders… which I didn’t realise. Some photos on my blog link below… Regards Chris Shaw seashore@internode.on.net Mobile 0409 675912 My blog – “Top Birds and Everyfing” can be found on the following link http://topbirdsandeveryfing.typepad.com/top-birds-everyfing/ … Read more
Hi all I am recently (well 2 weeks ago now) back from a week’s family holiday staying at Sandy Beach about 20kms north of Coffs harbour. As always, birding was mixed up with other activities. This visit we decided to give a trip up onto the tablelands to Dorrigo a miss so my activities were … Read more
All Paul Walbridge has just asked me to let Birding-Aus readers know that we are running a replacement trip out of Southport for the one cancelled on 2nd Feb, next Saturday (the 9th of February). The trip is going out to see what Cyclone Oswald left behind and the conditions are forecast to be a … Read more
Hi List, There must be lots of White-Throated Needletails in Sydney this year, because I had another sighting this morning at about 8:30am at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush, NSW near the entrance from Concord West Station GPS co-ordinates -33.847429,151.081281. The flock consisted of about 100 birds flying around low enough that I could hear the … Read more
Hi Greg & Birders, Yes, Drongos have been here in profusion. On 22/01/13 I recorded a noisy party of 15 newly arrived here at Gibraltar Reserve NSW, map available here; http://birdranger.wildiaries.com/ There were several more the following day, and on 24/01/13 there were well over 100 within approx 50 hectares of our reserve. It was … Read more