Just back from a birding and rock art foray up to Musgrave and Lakefield, We looked for Golden-shouldered parrots on one afternoon and two early mornings, only finding them on the final morning Sept 24 and then with considerable difficulty, not a great time of year to locate this species. Sue Shepard from Artemis Station … Read more
We will be returning from Cape York via western Queensland later in the year (hopefully). I would love to have another try at finding the Kalkadoon Grasswren. All suggestions welcome (grid references preferred!) David Robertson Adelaide — This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com Birding-Aus mailing list … Read more
In February of 2009 Tablelands road was a jackpot for me as I filmed. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos calling everywhere and flying about. Several views of Gang-gangs. Even some fantastic encounters with Glossy-black Cockatoos. This time weather was cold , I heard one very distant Yellow-tailed black. No Gangs whatever, and some Crimsons but not a … Read more
Dear Birders, Some time ago on this forum Murray Lord drew attention to a paper proposing a split in the Grasswren taxonomy including that of Striated Grasswren. The Striated Grasswren splits the species four ways – Rowleyi (‘Rusty Grasswren’) from western Queensland; whitei (‘Pilbara Grasswren’); oweni (‘Sandhill Grasswren’) whose range is South Australia west of … Read more
Among the birds I’ve seen over the past couple of days about Brewarrina in western NSW have been a couple of Pale-headed Rosellas; I would have this was well outside the range of this species. This has proved a good site for parrots, with species including Pink Cockatoo, Red-tailed Black Cockatoo and Blue Bonnet. More … Read more