Dear Birders A friend and I are about to embark on a two-week trip starting in Alice Springs/Uluru/Macdonnel Ranges before heading into South Australia to do the Birdsville and Strzelecki tracks. If anyone has any recent information on birding in these areas I’d be grateful for some updates. We’re especially interested in any localities for … Read more
Hi everyone Freckled Ducks have taken over Begola Wetlands. Usually I see 20-30 species there in a visit, but yesterday there were only a handful of species, dominated by Freckled Duck. A few Hardheads, teal and Pacific Blacks, a few Hoary-headed Grebes and Coots, a Dusky Moorhen and one Great Cormorant. And 50+ Freckled Duck! … Read more
Hi All, particularly Mediterranean birdos. We are on a trip to Sicily, birding has been very incidental, and what birds there are are generally very shy, although Swifts, my all time favourite European bird, are a till screaming and streaming around the cities in large numbers, otherwise House Sparrows, European Starlings, domestic pigeons, Wood Pigeons … Read more
Hi there, I’m a Dutch birder who will visit Australia for a birding/working holiday, arriving in Cairns on the 8th of August this year. I’m planning to buy a second-hand station car to bird Queensland from August onwards until the 31st of October, when I will fly to Auckland from Brisbane. I will stay in … Read more