Hi all a question for Sydney birders (and others). Having spent some time this morning at Warriewood Wetland and also periods in recent weekends at Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden and on the Chiltern Track in Ku-ring-gai NP (all in the north of Sydney) and seeing hordes of Yellow-faced Honeyeaters at all 3 sites, my impression is … Read more
I “discovered” a third pair of Tawny Frogmouths today along a creek where I walk regularly and that made me wonder what size territory they need. I think the stretch would be somewhere between 2.5 and 3 k with suburbia on one side and a bit of remnant bush on the other. Does anyone have … Read more
Please see below. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: “mickhhb@yahoo.com.au” Date: 8 June 2014 1:02:11 pm AEST To: Greg and Val Clancy Cc: Jill & Sue , “” Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Noisy Pitta Behaviour I agree Greg, I think there has been an increase in reports of them in the Hunter and I’m … Read more
Having recently seen the Irrawong Noisy Pitta in the same area as in previous years we wonder whether there is anything known about this species migration / winter movements. A google search on ‘behaviour’ only yielded articles about it’s observed behaviour and nesting / breeding behaviour. As the Irrawong bird (there seems to be only … Read more