G’day I’ve just returned from a trip down to Sydney. Three sightings of interest to Mike A dozen Needletails over Miranda (2228) around 10 am on Christmas Day Half a dozen Needletails over Bilgola (2107) around 9 am on 29 December About 100 milling about low over a rural property 2 km north of the … Read more
There has been a lot of discussion on the “Victorian Birders” group on Facebook which many of you may not look at. To summarise – there are rumours that Melbourne Water are planning changes to the access rules for the WTP which may well have an adverse affect on birders. Apparently they are seeing a … Read more
Hi all. I had two separate sightings of GBCs over two days 27 and 28 December) at Wentworth Falls in the blue Mountains west of Sydney. The first sighting was of a pair and the second of an individual. Both sightings were in suburban streets. They were feeding quietly on casuarinas or allocasuarinas (not sure … Read more
When one travels along the Stuart Hw. through Daley Waters, Newcastle Waters etc to Tennant Creek and then along the Barkly Hw. to Barkly Homestead and onto Camooweal on the Qld border there were in the old days bores with windmills connected to stock troughs for the drovers to water their stock the distance they … Read more
About 9am today, we thought we had a large flock of Needletails or Swifts doing their thing over our house at Brooms Head, northern NSW. However, a closer look showed they were all Common Terns. We watched for about a minute before they moved out over the ocean, but can’t say how long it might … Read more