SIPO is still present on Lord Howe Island

The South Island Pied Oystercatcher is still present on Lord Howe Island. Cheers, Mike Carter, 03 9787 7136 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza, VIC 3930, Australia 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

Request for help in visiting Werribee WTP on Nov 27

Hello I’m a birdwatcher from Tasmania and will be visiting Victoria later this month with 2 friends from the USA (both also keen birdwatchers). We hope to visit Werribee WTP on the morning-early afternoon of 27 November, but realize that access is an issue. Would anyone be willing/able to accompany us to this fantastic location … Read more

New Aussie record set today

Hello All, Congratulations are in order in once again for John Weigel. He’s phoned in from Saibai Island (Torres Strait) today confirming Collared Imperial and his 747th bird for the year breaking the old record of 746 (that was also JW’s record). Rather unbelievable considering there’s still over a month to go and trips to … Read more

Dowitcher

G’day, The dowitcher was seen well for an extended period from the north end today. Thanks to all for the calls and text with updates leading to the successful twitch of the Dowitcher this morning (especially Ian). I think my four year old son must have set some record for the youngest to have twitched … Read more

Wader ID Challenge

Hi Folks, This weeks blog has a wader ID challenge (photographed at Port Douglas) as well as all the news and images from the Lodge including Blue-faced Parrot-Finch and Double-eyed Fig-Parrot. Cheers, Keith & Lindsay. — Keith & Lindsay Fisher Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge RN 6 Mt. Kooyong Road Julatten QLD 4871 Ph : (07) … Read more