Hi All Can someone please tell me where the detail about hunting in NPs can be found? Can one read the legislation somewhere? Can we find out the details of the proposals? We visited Gluepot last year just after it had been closed for several days so that aerial baiting and shooting could take place. … Read more
Hello Birding-Aus people, The GetUp organisation has taken up the No Guns in National Parks cause. They are planning to place a full page ad in the Sydney Sun Herald the weekend. If you are concerned by this issue you may like to contribute to the ad. Follow the links in the email below. Cheers, … Read more
The 5th Borneo Bird Festival and Bird Race is to be held at the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), Sepilok, near Sandakan, Sabah, on 7-9 June. The BBF is a great opportunity for birders unfamiliar with the avifauna of Borneo to see a good selection of Malaysian Borneo’s 570 odd species. The Rainforest Discovery Centre is … Read more
Thanks to all that answered my request for the mystery parrot call, it turned out to be a Bourke’s and not a Mulga…..which I should have known:( The next one is probably just as obvious but I can’t get the call of Common Eider from my mind so it’s really irritating. All I can think … Read more
HI List, I was birding at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush, NSW yesterday & saw an unfamiliar Dotterel with the Black-Fronted Dotterel. I managed several photos, although they are not very good because they birds are so little and weren’t close! At the time I thought it was probably a juvenile BFD although it was a … Read more