White-throated Needletail sighting in Victoria

On Monday 25 February at approximately 0915 at least 6 (six) White-throated Needle-tails were seen slowly drifting high above the tall Euc. canopy at the start of O’Donohue Track just off Sherbrooke Rd, Ferntree Gully NP, Vic. It was rather humid, blue sky but thin whisps of cloud were present. Initially several birds briefly drifted … Read more

Black Kite at Nambour SEQ

Today I saw a Black Kite over the Bruce Highway between Nambour and Yandina. Also Black-shouldered kite and kestrel in the area. Plenty of water about after all the rain events. rgds Andrew =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: … Read more

Malleefowl Bonanza

Just to add a little to this story, over a few years of intermittently driving the roads between Patchewollock, Ouyen and Walpeup I have seen single Malleefowl by the edge of the road a few times. That may not sound much, but compared with other areas/roadsides it’s a good strike rate ( no pun intended … Read more

Another bivalve victim (moderated)

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Hunting in NSW National Parks postponed until at least June

An interesting development in the plan to allow hunting in NSW National Parks. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/government-halts-hunting-in-national-parks-20130228-2f882.html Cheers, Carl Clifford =============================== 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 ===============================