?I spent some time today at Dowse Lagoon, Sandgate, Qld but not many birds there. The surrounding vegetation is now very dense so very little exposed shoreline. No sandpipers were seen, Seven Glossy Ibis and two Wandering Whistling-Duck were the best birds. Then visited Kedron Brook Wetlands at the end of Toombul Road. Numerous stilts … Read more
Mike I saw one White-throated Needletail at Burrowye in NE Victoria (S 36° 04’ 01.7” E 147° 35’ 09.9”) on Saturday 24 January at about 1900. It circled once at tree-top height before heading off in a northerly direction. The conditions were fine although we did have a brief storm later in the night. Cheers … Read more
We spent a couple of hours before lunch in the drizzle at Laratinga today, There were the usual bush birds around but one exception was a Crested Shrike-tit which was a nice addition. Water birds in the pondage included 3 Latham’s Snipe, two Spotted Crakes, two Spotless Crakes, one Baillons Crake, Pacific Black Duck, Hardhead, … Read more
In early December I saw Neophemas in Penola, SA, and thought them Blue-wings. However, the back looked a brighter green than B-w. Could they have been Elegants? Anybody seen them in that area? Also, I saw tons of Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, but no Red-Tails. Are they too rare to be a likely spot? Stephen Birding-Aus … Read more
Hi all, It’s interesting that Silver-backed Butcherbird was split off Grey-backed Butcherbird based on Kearns et al. 2013 (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 941–952) and Kearns et al 2014 (Nature Communications 5: 3994). Based on Kearns et al. 2013, shouldn’t IOC have been more consistent and have done the following: (1) Split PNG Black Butcherbird … Read more