Your birding-aus message concerning BirdBase

Dear Ms. Mitchell: Trevor Quested sent us a copy of the message. We believe that BirdBase can do what you want. Each day of a multi-day trip start a new Trip Profile specifying the Date, the Location Code, and a Description of the location of that day’s sightings (such as “Singapore – Location P”}. Then … Read more

Waders around Darwin

Birding-ausers Forgive me for asking for your expertise once again.  On a recent trip to Darwin we saw a few shorebirds/waders, and being novices in this department we would like some help with id.  Most particularly for a plover-ish type that I originally thought was a Sanderling, but it’s been pointed out that the legs … Read more

Olive Whistlers, Grey Goshawks and a lot of fun

Hi all, I am finding that a Victorian Big Year is a good way to add some spice to birding, especially a casual big year where my only target is my own total from a previous year. Back in 2010 I saw 304 species in Victoria which is not a high total considering that the … Read more

Welcome Swallow nesting dates

Hi all, I know many on here either keep or have access to records of many species, such as first arrival and last departure of a bunch of migratory species. What I’m hoping is that someone keeps records of first breeding dates of Welcome Swallows. A big hope, I know. If someone does, I would … Read more

Bird listing software – does any do this?

Hi all, I’ve been using Birdbase for many years for my lists, but I’ve never been 100% happy with it. I have what seems to be an idiosyncratic way of wanting to organise my sightings, and I’m wondering if anyone knows of any software that will allow me to do this. What I’d like is … Read more