Loudest bird?

All, I seem to have started something here … Dave Watson reckons that White Bellbirds & Noisy Scrub Birds are pretty noisy but for mine a family of Blue-winged Kookburras at close quarters is the loudest bird I’ve heard in a while. My blog post is here “The loudest bird in the world? The Blue-winged … Read more

Catalyst story on birds Tuesday

For those who may be interested, a Catalyst segment about Tim Low’s bird book goes to air at 8pm Tuesday, on ABC TV. After the show, there’ll be a story transcript and extra videos at http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst. Should be good! Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org

Fork tailed Swifts

Three swifts just north of the Edith river (50k nth of Katherine) , heading from east to west. Pulled over to look, expecting more, but they were gone. Haven’t seen many this season Cheers Andrew Bell Mob: 0428 882979 Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org

Squatter Pigeons and Jo/Matt Culican

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone had Jo or Matt Culican’s contact details, and if so, could they contact me privately. Further to that, on an obscurely related note, does anyone know of any recent sightings of Squatter Pigeon from far northern NSW, particularly around the border at Sundown NP? Cheers, Ashwin Birding-Aus mailing list … Read more

Cat Control.

Just saw the Greens T V add for the N S W election calling for voters to save our National Parks and features a CAT. I think they are trying to prevent Fracking in National Parks but to feature a cat is a bad choice and just shows how far out of touch these people … Read more