Greetings Folks Like Susan our Channel-billed Cuckoos, along with the Sacred Kingfishes, have arrived and been present for the past few days. The first of the Oriental Dollarbirds arrived yesterday at Allen Road [2 birds toady]. We still await the arrival of the koels. First Those interested may care to browse my neonatal website: www.birdingsouthburnett.com … Read more
Last weekend a crew of Canberra bird banders went to the Buddigower Nature Reserve in central west NSW. The banding wasn’t brilliant, but the trip was interesting. I’ve just posted about it on my blog, HarPer’s Bizarre – a naturalist’s miscellany, at http://hdpphd.blogspot.com.au/ It appears that el Niño is starting to bite – it was … Read more
The next pelagic trip off Mooloolaba on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast will be on Saturday November 1. Please let me know if you are interested. The cost as usual is $120 pp. Greg Roberts Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
G’day all Just back from a successful lifer hunt for Slender-billed Thornbill in the Little Desert NP, Victoria. For the record I found 3-4 together at -36.531389, 141.650343 a few hundred m east of the Nhill-Harrow Road. I had the Morcombe app with me and familiarised myself with the two calls therein – noting their … Read more
Hi all I enjoyed a pleasant walk along the track that follows the creek from McRae Place in North Turramurra this morning. Some good spring birds included in the 45 species seen or heard, including a Black-faced Monarch, nesting Leaden Flycatchers, at least 6 singing male Golden Whistlers, 2 Dollarbirds and a pair (seen) and … Read more