Short Pied Oystercatcher

I noticed one of three Pied Oystercatchers at Merimbula today was a lot shorter than the other two. A closer look revealed that it had no feet. Sent from my iPhone =============================== 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

This Week In The Pilbara – Clouds, Thunderstorms and Birds

Its been a spectacular week of sunrises, sunsets and thunderstorms in the Pilbara. A new cyclone is brewing north of Broome and is likely to head in westerly direction down the coast towards us. I’m going home next week so I might be lucky and miss it. Meanwhile there are some birds and some great … Read more

Faulty me

Lest someone else correct my faulty spelling. That bit in “identified bird – information, I hope” should be Basil FAWLTY. =============================== 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 ===============================

identified bird – information, I hope

It’s “Fawlty” 🙂 A Philip Veerman wrote: Thanks for that. It looked very close but I only compared two pictures. I did not look at Emperor FW photos on the net. I think though, I’m 60 / 40 or 70 / 30 or even more, towards the better suggestion of a Masked Gnatcatcher, with all … Read more

Bus Trip to see the shorebirds

Hi Sydneysiders, Cumberland Bird Observers Club have a bus trip this coming Saturday the 23rd Feb to Swansea to look at Shorebirds and have some empty seats they would like to fill.Please call me on 02 45751514 or email direct if you are interested. the beautiful Hawkesbury 60km N/W of Sydney =============================== To unsubscribe from … Read more