Hi All I am buying a camera, mainly for birding and have settled on these three which seem to fit the bill and are all around the same price. I have gone through the B-A archives and read all the comments on them but I am still not sure what to get and would like … Read more
This has been a good summer for waterbirds around the Geelong region. I suppose the mild winter and good rains in early spring made for good breeding conditions. Crakes and rails, waterfowl and other birds are in good numbers on many wetlands (or were until duck hunting started). It will be interesting to see if … Read more
People have been seeing good numbers of Banded Stilts around Victoria. Yesterday afternoon I saw a large flock (probably not the right collective noun for stilts, and they were spread out in large clusters, small groups and singly across a couple of kilometers) at Lonsdale Lakes (Pt Lonsdale, near Geelong). I attempted to count them … Read more
Hi all not an intensive birding weekend for me, but you can never not see what’s around you, so some good birds nonetheless, including a good collection of raptors… Spent Friday and Saturday up in the Blue Mts with an overseas visitor: – Grey Goshawk just as we passed the Rum Corps Resort at Windsor … Read more
Hi all I will be down in Albury for a short trip in mid April. I am hoping to get out to Chiltern NP to look for Regent Honeyeaters. I see from Eremaea that the most common spots to see them are at Greenhill Dam and the Whitebox walking track. I understand that tracking down … Read more