Wonder if someone can confirm the identity of the bird calling on this audio. It was ‘tagged’ on a static-sensor in Sturt NP, NSW in June 2012. I believe that it could be a Mulga Parrot *(Psephotus varius)* but I’m not 100% I’ve placed the call on the ‘Mysteries’ Forum on Xeno-Canto I’ve also got … Read more
Good Afternoon Thanks to everyone for their help and advice with my pelagic birding disability. Now all I need is sharper eyes and a sharper mind. Have a nice day. Cheers Peter =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org … Read more
SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2013 OVERVIEW As most of the readers of birding-aus will know by now from Nikolas Haass’ postings on Eremaea and birding-aus, this pelagic trip brought one of the major sightings since Sydney pelagic trips have been in operation in the form of the first-ever Australian east coast … Read more
Maybe some will be kind enough to ID this call for me. It was recorded on my phone last week after midnight in a back street of Annandale/Leichhardt – very urban inner city Sydney. http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~andrewt/mystery.wav The call was being uttered every 30-90 seconds. May well be something obvious but it has me beaten. I thought … Read more
Yes Peter, Seabirds (and birds in general) don’t recognise political boundaries and what’s in a book! And some will even cross from one ocean into another! Sea-birders in particular need to have a view of ‘what’s out there’ well beyond our normal thinking about birds & their movement in Australia. Try a few of these … Read more