Day: August 15, 2014

see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/08/140813174225.htm

Hello all, The upcoming season on Cocos and Christmas Island looks like being a good one with some great birds being recorded already. A Purple-backed (Daurian) Starling was photographed near the Cocos Golf Course two days ago and a Grey Wagtail was sighted last week.  Asian Koel had also been seen on West Island in … Read more

Port Stephens Pelagic Trip Report ? Sunday 10 August 2014 ? Boat: M.V. Argonaut, skippered by Ray Horsfield ? OBSERVERS Lachlan Copeland, JJ Harrison, Craig Anderson, Dick Jenkin, Dave Stuart, Peter Wilk, John Weigel, Allan Richardson, Ann Lindsey, Steve Edwards, Dan Williams, Michael Kearns and Mick Roderick (leader / organiser). ? CONDITIONS Following a fairly … Read more

Hi All, below is the report for last Saturdays’ Southport Pelagic. Cheers – Paul W. Location: Southport Date: 9/8/2014 Vessel: 37 ft Steber monohull MV Grinner Crew: Craig Newton (skipper) Pax: Paul Walbridge (leader & organise), Rob Morris, Glen Pacey, Rob Hyson, Gus Daley, Andrew Sutherland, Louise Ashton, Elliot Leach, Todd Burrows, Judy Leitch, Mike … Read more

While eating my sorghum Weetbix this morning I wondered whether the flocks of Brolga we have been seeing in harvested sorghum paddocks were dining on spilt sorghum seed or for vertebrates or invertebrates. So I checked HANZAB and it says they have a varied omnivorous diet that includes cereal grains.  So I read the Weet … Read more