Report from last Sunday’s trip. Looking forward to reading about what this weekend’s trips turn up after the strong southerlies off SE Tas over the last couple of days. Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report 13/07/2014 Participants: Kevin Bartram, Ian Halliday, JJ Harrison, Martin Havlicek, Scott Linnane, Michael Vaughan, Peter Vaughan, George Vaughan, Els Wakefield, John Weigel … Read more
Happened to be driving to Taylor’s Beach (east of Ingham Qld) 17th July where a cane farmer was ploughing his field. Could not believe the Brolgas! Counted 170 but could not quite see others further down the field and another group behind uncut cane. Got David and I wondering .. would they be eating cane … Read more
Greeting Birdos, I’m sending this email with my black-throated finch recovery team hat on – I’m trying to track down some background information about a record of a black-throated finch that appears to have originated from Atlas data. If anyone can advise as to who I might contact that may be able to provide metadata … Read more
If you had to pick a motel or location to park yourself for a base to see both Purple-crowned and Musk Lorikeets in Sept in an area where the birds are somewhat or very accumstomed to seeing people where would you pick? Obviously I am asking this question as a major helps for me when … Read more
Do channel-billed cuckoos overwinter in the Northern Territory? On July 9, a large long grey bird flew out in front of me on an early morning walk near the Kakadu Aurora Hotel just west of the South Alligator River. Given the size & colour, I can’t imagine what else it could have been. Even in … Read more