Black Falcon & other Atherton Tablelands sightings

Hi Alan, At least 6 Blue-faced Parrot-Finch on Mt. Lewis this morning, early. Cheers, Keith & Lindsay. Keith & Lindsay Fisher Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road Julatten QLD 4871 Ph : (07) 4094 1263 Web Site: www.birdwatchers.com.au Blog: http://kingfisherparkbirdwatchers.blogspot.com/ Winner: Wet Tropics 2010 Cassowary Award for Nature Based Tourism On 17/11/2013 … Read more

Drysdale (Spotted Harrier, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo)

No twitchathon for me this year, as we were celebrating my mother-in-law’s 92nd birthday, but once the visitors had departed I popped out for about an hour to Drysdale, on the Bellarine Peninsula. There are some great birding spots there. Lake Lorne has become the most reliable place to see Freckled Duck over the last … Read more

Noisy Friarbird incident

Hello all Some friends of mine, Phil and Rosie Bender, had a sad experience with a Noisy FB that was killed on the road in SE Qld and another Noisy FB was trying to rouse it. They wrote: Travelling home from Caloundra we came across, at Little Mountain, on the road but just off the … Read more

Unusual pelican

This photo was sent to me by a work mate. It was taken late in the afternoon at Cleveland in SE Qld. The band across the head looks to sharp and dark to be a shadow. Any thoughts? http://s736.photobucket.com/user/pharms63/media/_MG_2056.jpg.html Regards Peter Harms =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the … Read more

Channel-billed Cuckoo (recordings)

Hello all, The Channel-billed Cuckoo sound on my website is amongst my best, made on open reel tape back in the 1960’s – worth a listen – www.graemechapman.com.au/library/sounds.php?r=&c=88&p=125&s=1289767822 Cheers Graeme =============================== 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 ===============================