Mottled Petrel off Sunshine Coast

Two Mottled Petrels were seen during the pelagic trip today off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Short-tailed Shearwaters were in unusually large numbers. More here: http://tinyurl.com/qzkpduw 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 ===============================

The Top End in the late dry

The Top End in the late dry season Oct 24-29 2013 As expected, very hot and fairly humid with most days around 38°C and up to 44°C at Victoria River, very little rain, just a sudden heavy shower in Darwin when we arrived. No rain had fallen in the central and south of Kakadu and … Read more

Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher sightings

2 very vocal Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfishers reported in the Daintree Valley this Morning Trish and Andrew Forsyth RED MILL HOUSE Daintree 4873 QLD AUSTRALIA 61 7 40986233 www.redmillhouse.com.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 ===============================

Wader ID Help

I’ve posted a couple of shots on my Blog of a wader that I’m having trouble identifying. I would be grateful to any assistance in finding out so I can enter it into the Bird Data. Regards Chris Shaw seashore@internode.on.net Mobile 0409 675912 My blog – “Top Birds and Everyfing” can be found on the … Read more

Shearwaters

Hi All Having seen Shearwaters fighting Albatrosses for berley a couple of weeks ago was surprising. More and more reports are coming in about starving birds. To me, this indicates an inability of the birds to either get a decent feed before they left the Bering Sea region or that they have had to fight … Read more