I am sure any twitcher has missed a few. My biggest are : 1. I recently went to 80 Mile Beach south of Broome and missed the Nordmann’s Greenshank. This was a WA, Australian and life (in that order) dip for me, and a wader which are among my favourite families. 2. I flew to … Read more
hello bird-people, I am hoping that someone among you might have access to one or both of these publications below and would let me have a copy, please? “Emu” has digitised some volumes (but of course not the one I am after). I am sitting in a room lined with books and filing cabinets … Read more
Hi Mark, Dr Greg Johnston of Flinders University in South Australia has been studying Australian Pelicans for several years, so it may have been one of his banded birds (although I think he also uses wing tags). His contact details are: Email: greg.johnston@flinders.edu.au Postal Address: Faculty of Science and Engineering, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA … Read more
On the way back from the coast to Canberra we stopped at Mongo National park nr Braidwood. The best sighting as we walked for a few kms on the circuit road was about 30 Gang Gangs feeding in wattles above the track. They were mostly adults and seemingly equal numbers of males and females. There … Read more
Hi all, After an office clean-up I have the following to give away (all you have to do is pay the postage): Australian Field Ornithology 2002-2008 with some issues missing and including some issues of the Australian Bird Watcher 1998. Total weight approx 2.5 kg. Estimated postage $13.40 The Bird Observer 1997-1998 & 2003-2011 with … Read more