I have just returned from a late afternoon visit to Cox Scrub on the Fleurieu Peninsula an hour from Adelaide. This was flagged by others as the site most likely to produce CRHW as per my request from last week (thanks to all who replied) — though I didn’t harbour any expectations of finding one … Read more
Full reports will follow later in the week after the usual discussion, but early highlights from this weekend’s pelagics off Albany (WA) includedSat2-3 South Polar Skua1 Arctic TernSun2 Sooty Albatross1 South Polar Skua1-2 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Plus several other decent records! Cheers,John =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body … Read more
G’day all, The Alice Springs Forest Wagtail has stuck around for day one of the twitch, and in conversation with the finders, it turns out that they have been seeing the bird in their yard for the last 5 days. I’ve put an update including site details on the blog: http://comebirdwatching.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/forest-wagtail-update-twitch-begins.html Best of luck to … Read more
Hi Folks, Last week we observed a Black-shouldered Kite performing tail-wagging which neither us or our two guests had observed before. After asking all the local Bird Guides none of them had seen it either. Whilst it is not uncommon behaviour a quick check of the internet had various answers for this behaviour, mating ritual, … Read more
We had a good day yesterday for our pelagic trip off Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast, with highlights including 3 White Terns, 3 Kermadec Petrels, 1 Red-footed Booby and 2 White-faced Storm-Petrels. Also of interest was the exception numbers of Tahiti Petrel for this time of year. See here for pics and more information: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ … Read more