Regarding the report of an Eastern Yellow Wagtail on Eremaea (Southern Queensland Birdline). Unfortunately, this report was not accompanied by any identification notes or photo. I have some rather poor record shots at http://www.pbase.com/sjmurray/recent_images Better ones may be forthcoming from someone else (I tried again this morning without luck). As an inexperienced Wagtail observer, I … Read more
Hi all, Last week Saturday, 26th October, Raja and I found an Australasian Bittern at Buckley’s Hole, Bribie Island. Subsequently, many local/regional birders travelled there to twitch it. Several of them were lucky to relocate it. Others did not see it but found instead an Australian Little/Black-backed Bittern (Marie Tarrant, 29th October) or an Eastern Yellow … Read more
All, I believe I responded directly to those that gave me tips on finding my targets in WA, but to share with the rest of the list, it was a successful trip. I have now banked three “sub-species” when Clements gets around to splitting them. All were found in the Stirling Ranges, 4.5 hours SE … Read more
Hi all, Alan Morris (NSW Twitchathon co-ordinator) no longer posts to Birding-aus, so I have copied below the ‘very preliminary results’ from the NSW Twitchathon on the weekend below. Our score of 252 was a new record and came about by combining the NSW mallee (on Saturday) with the Hunter Valley (on Sunday). Our compulsory … Read more
G’day all The Newman guide is now available as an app. Introductory price about $20. Requires iOS 6.1 or above. http://www.newmansbirdsapp.com/ Cheers Steve =============================== 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 ===============================