Lake Poongkaliyarra is a seldom visited lake in the Pilbara and the home to thousands of birds. Surprisingly it is not too far from the North Western Coastal highway but should be on the itinerary of every bird watcher… I’ve been visiting it regularly over the last year for its scenic beauty and rich bird … Read more
Just saw a male Scarlet Honeyeater outside my window from about 3 metres at Mirboo North in south gippsland Sent from Windows Mail =============================== 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 have Russell’s permission to post this.. The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria recently had a second-hand book sale as a fundraiser for the club, The following books remained after the sale and I thought that Birding-Aus folk may be interested in them. I suggest that the ‘highest bidder’ by next Sunday 3rd … Read more
Hi Birders, Just back from a three week circuit (Capertee, The Pilliga, Lake Cargelligo/Round Hill, Willandra, Cocopara and Weddin Mountain). Now apart from picking the worst three week “Spring” in years I suspect given the temperatures and wind strength, we did manage some good birds and there are many Atlas submissions outstanding. We heard about … Read more
The ‘Pommie Pardalotes’ had a great bird-race yesterday, we managed to get 185 species starting at Mt Glorious, then on to Gatton and up to Bribie Island. We also managed to see Regent Honeyeater and Australasian Bittern, but no Australian Brush-Turkey (…..how is that possible?) Does anyone have other results for similar competitions around Australia … Read more