Hi all After a few reports on the NSW birdline over the last few weeks, I went to check if Streaked Shearwaters are still off the coast around Sydney. A seawatch from Long Reef in northern Sydney approx 5:40-7pm on Thurs 5 Feb yielded a single Streaked Shearwater (heading southwards approx 6:40) quite close to … Read more
Hi all I was the main one who considered that the Sand Plovers at Lake Woolumboola were Greater but the banding data considers that they are Lesser based on the migratory path taken by Lesser and not Greater as below. From: Australasian Wader Studies Group c/o Roger Standen Australia Email: flagging@awsg.org.au Chris Brandis (cbrandis@speedlink.com.au) Dear … Read more
Is Rob Warneke still around Martin? He would know. Cheers David Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Feb 2015, at 9:29, Martin.OBrien@delwp.vic.gov.au wrote: > > A request for list members on Sea-Eagles in the Western Port area of > Victoria. > > I am trying to determine whether Sea-Eagles ever nested at Seal Rocks … Read more
A request for list members on Sea-Eagles in the Western Port area of Victoria. I am trying to determine whether Sea-Eagles ever nested at Seal Rocks Phillip Island … possibly in the late 1970s. Roy Wheeler in his book ‘The Birds of Phillip Island’ alludes to Sea-Eagles being recorded at this location in November 1977 … Read more