Another unusual thing I saw on my recent SW trip. At the picnic area at Two People’s Bay, there was a group of Red-winged Fairy-wrens. I can’t say that I saw all the birds in the group, but there were four full colour males, one partial colour male and one female. I have never seen … Read more
Hi all, A stint photographed at Nairns today by Craig Lester may be a Little Stint. ID still being considered as Red-necked Stint is very difficult to rule out, but as it’s the weekend I’m just putting word out if anyone is interested. Cheers, John =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: … Read more
I’ve not long returned from visits to Yuraygir and Bundjalung National Parks in northern NSW. Interesting sightings included a Streaked Shearwater offshore from Woody Head and a Wandering Tattler at Brooms Head. All along the coast, thousands of Short-tailed Shearwaters were buffeted by strong winds with many hundreds of dead and dying birds. At one … Read more
I’ve just had a telephone conversation with a neighbour about the use of transmitters on birds. For some time now she has had two banded Rainbow Lorikeets carrying transmitter packs visiting the balcony of her upper level apartment in inner Sydney on a daily basis. I could not tell from her description of the packs … Read more
There are a couple of spots left on the pelagic trip of the Sunshine Coast on Saturday November 2. Let me know please if interested. Cost $120pp. Greg Roberts =============================== 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 ===============================