Hellow fellow Birdos! I’m pretty excited to share that this month I’ve been able achieve my target and set a new big year record for Victoria. The previous record was set in 2010 by Paul Dodd and Ruth Woodrow at the 392 mark (IOC listing) and I am currently sitting on 400 species for the … Read more
Philip, The ‘rabbit-rats’ have broad, blunt faces with large ears and eyes; they are large rats, well worth catching for a meal. It is from these features they get their old English name. A skull, minus incisors is not immediately rat like in appearance. Hope life is treating you well in ‘temperate’ Canberra. Alan Alan’s … Read more
Just twitched the Long-billed Dowitcher on the SW side of Lake Tutchewop, maybe 100 or 200m anti clockwise from a series of nest boxes on poles in the lake. We were pointed in the right direction by two departing birders as we arrived about 11:30, found it after about an hour and viewed it till … Read more
Begin forwarded message: > From: Sonja Ross > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Emperor Penguin trip > Date: 13 December 2014 11:30:36 AM AEDT > To: jmorlan@gmail.com > > Hi Joseph, > > No there weren’t any apps or I would have let you know. > > The Black-faced landed briefly on a patch of grass at … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, December 15, 2014 to Sunday, December 21, 2014: Area: SA Location: Hansborough Bridge, River Light on Theile Highway SW of Eudunda Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) (2+) Heard calling from tall grass and chenopod under gums north of bridge. 2 birds were … Read more