Hello all. My brother sent me a shot of a wader for identification, and I had to tell him I was unsure. It was taken at the Western Treatment Plant in Victoria. The picture is on my pbase site at http://www.pbase.com/sjmurray/image/149130163 It is the largish wader in the centre. The picture is not great but … Read more
Hi All, Would someone be good enough to give me some rough directions where to look for Bristlebirds in the Boarder Ranges National Park? Eremea has has reference to Boarder lookout, where exactly is it?? Obviously, I’ve never been here. I’m aware their numbers are very low and sightings unlikely but I’m in the area. … Read more
And a still frame shot of the Franklins Gull from this morning. The Gull was present in the same park from approx 1045-1115. Cheers Bruce Greatwich On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Nigel Jackett wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As mentioned by John, I’ve uploaded a couple of one-minute videos to > … Read more
Hi everyone, As mentioned by John, I’ve uploaded a couple of one-minute videos to youtube of the Eurasian Wigeon and Franklin’s Gull seen yesterday. I must warn that the quality is pretty average as it was taken through the scope! Eurasian Wigeon http://youtu.be/Wyrz9m1Xyr0 Franklin’s Gull http://youtu.be/osFgcHJsKBo A really great days birding! Cheers, Nigel Jackett Perth, … Read more
OVERVIEW After several days of north to north westerly airstreams and with sea water temperatures as high as they get off Sydney, there was an expectation that today would bring some tropical ‘goodies’ to the waters off Sydney. To a degree this was the case with two White-tailed Tropicbirds and a White Tern all seen … Read more