In addition to the juvenile Oriental Plover, we found an adult Asian Gull-billed Tern (G. n. affinis) at Kakadu Beach, Bribie Island, today. Important note: It is in a ‘No Access’ zone to protect shorebirds – roosting visitors and breeding Australian Pied Oystercatchers, Beach Stone-Curlews etc. The birds can be easily seen from the two hides and the … Read more
Late this afternoon Ruth Woodrow, Tim Bawden and I had the opportunity to check the gannet colony at Point Danger near Portland, Victoria. We found a single Cape Gannet in the eastern edge of the colony (several hundred birds). We observed and photographed the bird for around 20 minutes before cold winds got the best … Read more
This is well worth a look. http://imaginaryornithology.com/io/fieldguide.php Susan Knowles sknowles46@aapt.net.au =============================== 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 ===============================
BirdLife Victoria Portland Pelagic Trips in 2014 I recently updated the BirdLife Victoria web site with details of boat trips from Portland in 2014. In early September, I opened bookings for the first six months of that year and have started processing the requests. I still have quite a few spots for all of those … Read more