Good morning all from a very wet Darwin River Are any members raising concerns about the decision to dump waste in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park? Regards Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71, Darwin River, NT 0841 043 8650 835 PhD candidate, SCU Vice-chair, Wildlife Tourism Australia Yes, you can contribute as described below … Read more
Hi Folks, We’ve posted a report of the Birdlife Northern Queensland Australia Day Weekend onto our blog. It contains a summary of a talk that highlights the problems in identifying Fuscous/Yellow-tinted Honeyeaters around Far North Queensland. An image of one of the birds is also posted. Other images include Pale-vented Bush-hen adults plus chicks. Blog: … Read more
Hi all, For the past few years we have taken the Australia Day weekend as a chance to head to Orbost and the coast in the far east of Victoria, but this year we opted for a change and headed north-east to the dry grasslands and hills around Chiltern. Our first stop was Bartley’s Block, … Read more
40 to 50 White-throated Needletails seen flying low over the Gloucester River and nearby paddocks Saturday 1st February at 10am. First I’ve seen in the Gloucester area for several years, but I don’t go out regularly looking and anyway it is such a large area to cover. Rivers are still running but very very low … Read more
Flocks of hundreds of White-throated Needletails containing lesser numbers of Fork-tailed Swifts were observed over the Canberra suburbs of Turner and O’Connor yesterday (1 February). John Layton Holt ACT _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org