Hi Mike On 11th January 2015 from around 7.00 am for about an hour and a half, there were 32 White-throated Needletails circling over Heritage Drive, Moonee Beach, NSW. Coordinates are 29? 06′ 56.13″S and 153?? 26′ 17.30″ E. There were also 3 Fork-tailed Swifts sighted. Weather was warm and breezy with quite a bit … Read more
Hello all, I recently completed two very successful back-to-back tours to Christmas Island and the Cocos-keeling Islands in Nov and Dec. I’ve completed a combined trip report with lots of photos, which will be on my website probably next week. If you’d like your own PDF copy please let … Read more
Hi all, I’ve finally got around to processing and publishing my pictures from the Queensland Seamounts trip that was run in December 2014. There are photos of the Black Petrels, White-chinned Petrels, Black-winged Petrels, Kermadec Petrels, South Polar Skua and many of the other amazing bird we saw. I’ve published the photos to my website: … Read more
Hi all If you are interested in this topic, please note that the Birds Queensland Facebook page will be featuring one threatened species per day in the run up to the Queensland State election on 31 January 2015. Please check it out each day and share it around. cheers Andrew (Birds Queensland member) Birding-Aus mailing … Read more
I was lucky to come upon a Regent Bowerbird bower this morning while in the D’aguilar NP (Mt Mee section). I have hoped to find one for years now and this morning it took some time to register that I’d actually happened upon one. While on the path I heard some scuffling in the understorey … Read more