Just watching a few Fork-tailed Swifts flying over at the moment. Up to 19 in the last 3 or 4 minutes. Some very high, ahead of a bit of a storm front. Numbers increasing as clouds move in. Up to 57 in about 12 minutes. Seem to have stopped now. A few W Swallows and … Read more
Hi does any one have a contact number or email for Michael Ronan the beautiful Hawkesbury 60km N/W of Sydney _______________________________________________ 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
On Cairns Esplanade this week I was watching a group of Bar-tailed Godwits that were showing very early stages of developing their spectacular breeding plumage. A Masked Lapwing took exception to them and chased them off. It was when the group took off that I noticed that one was completely different to the rest – … Read more
Hi all, Had a brief text from Peter Taylor reporting a Red-necked Phalarope on the Vasse Estuary near Busselton (c. 2.5hrs south of Perth). Reportedly opposite the end of Inlet Drive (a little west of Busselton), on the water’s edge – access via a small park at the end of Inlet Drive Cheers, John _______________________________________________ … Read more
Phalaropes winter in reasonable numbers at least in the seas around Timor, Alor and Flores, only 700-1,000 km off Darwin. It would be interesting to know how common they are south of Timor, like around Ashmore Reef (Rohan, Mike?) Some records: * around 30 off Roti in Dec; * thousands off Flores during Aug-Oct; *5,000-10,000 … Read more