Just back from a successful twitch of the Eurasian Wigeon. Les George had last seen the bird on Sunday 7th. He failed to find it on Wednesday 10th and Saturday 13th. But I was committed. Barbara Harvey from Sydney was coming over, and we were going to look for the Franklin’s Gull at Cervantes on … Read more
A bird story with a nautical flavour: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310334/So-thats-crows-nest-Birds-nautical-term-literally-build-home-yachts-mast.html cheers Andrew =============================== 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 ===============================
Hi all I went to Pitt Town Lagoon this morning (8:10-11am) in search of the Freckled Ducks reported on Eremaea over the last two weekends. However, by a stroke of luck, I also saw an Australasian Bittern. I saw the Bittern seen very well three times between 8:30-10:45. 1st time approx 8:40 when I was … Read more
Many thanks for all those that answered my recent request and undertook Mark Cottman-Field’s audio-experiment, however I’ve just received a request from another QUT student Anthony Truskinger for interested B-Ausers to undertake a different experiment (this time a visual one without the need for headphones) He recently had a ‘Server’ disaster and needs the results … Read more
Today at about 1530 Pat and I observed a Freckled Duck at the Stieglitz sewerage pond about 5 km south east of St Helens, Tasmania. The duck was observed flying over the pond before landing on the water where it moved among various groups of other waterfowl including Blue-winged Shovellers, Coots, White-eyed Duck, Chestnut-breasted Shelduck, … Read more