Hi all, Ruth and I have just seen 36 Malleefowl along the Ouyen-Patchewollock Road. Maximum seen at any one time was four, but they were pretty well distributed along several kilometres of the road. Perhaps not as spectacular as the initial sightings, but still an absolutely amazing experience seeing such a rare and cryptic bird … Read more
Hi there, Can anyone recommend a good spot to listen to dawn chorus in or close to the lower north shore of Sydney – somewhere very easy to get to in the dark or just pull the car over. Is there such a place? I don’t mind a bit of traffic noise, having lived in … Read more
Not sure how old this news is: http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/police-charge-game-council-boss-20130406-2hd4o.html hopefully another nail in the coffin of the crazy scheme! =============================== 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 ===============================
Nice birds in flooded grassland around the Maroochy River on the Sunshine Coast over the past couple of days include two Australian Painted Snipe, between 160 and 200 Red-kneed Dotterel (a very large number for this species in south-east Queensland), 100 Pacific Golden Plover, 20 Latham’s Snipe and Spotless Crake. These latest sightings add to … Read more
Hi all, Had a great holiday with the folks and Carl Billingham on Lord Howe Island last week. Just thought I would quickly post some of the seabird sightings. The weather was fantastic all week and we managed to get out to sea four times (3 times to Ball’s Pyramid and once 10km NW of … Read more