Brush Turkeys Turramurra

We had 3 juvenile Brush Turkeys in our Turramurra garden area (apartments and town houses a hectare or more of gardens) located between The Chase & Tennyson Rds. We first observed them in early December and saw them virtually daily until first week of February. Prior to that over the last few years we’ve had … Read more

For Mike Tarburton

Mike, I’m in Tasmania and don’t have your email address with me. On Saturday, March 9, we had about 40 White-throated Needletails overhead at Brady’s Lake, Central Highlands, Tas. It looks as though the latlongs are 42* 13′ 41.07″ S 146* 29′ 39.52″ E Cheers, Jill =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the … Read more

Brush Turkeys in Sydney

In a distant life I was employed by the WIRES organisation in Sydney and I can recall regular calls from the public about these birds either landscaping a St Ives backyard or “abandoned” by the adults and therefore needing to be rescued. Some of these calls, from memory, go back to at least 2006. I … Read more

DISPLAYING AUSSIE BITTERNS

Hello, just sending this request again in case anyone missed it. do any of you have reports/notes of Australasian Bitterns displaying, if so and you are willing to share them with me could you send them to me. I’m putting together some notes that I hope to publish in Australian Field Ornithology on this subject.This … Read more