For a few months I have been observing a flock of Corellas near the Woden town-centre in Canberra. These are birds which have a feral (cage-bird) origin. Amongst them are several pairs of Long-billed type Corellas (they seem to prefer to pair with their own kind as it were). I have observed that the Little … Read more
Thanks Carle and Denise for your posts, it gets very frustrating when one bangs ones head against the wall. I have a lot to do with various shooters as they are my eyes to where the Freckled Ducks are as they do surveys on all the swamps in Vic. before the season starts. I found … Read more
Dear bird list Here in Gloucester we have very healthy populations of House Sparrows. You can’t have coffee in the main street without them hopping about the pavement. I know of 3 areas where they breed, one is in two tall bushy exotic cypresses in Barrington St southern end, the other is in another cypress … Read more
I notice that the Statutes of Limitations expires this month re the massacre of hundreds of birds a Box Flat in 2013. Every bird that moved including some that didn’t were shot from Swans, Raptures, Spoonbills etc down to the smaller Stilts, Dotterels etc. including the decimation of a flock of the protected Freckled Duck … Read more
Hi all, There have been 2 Herald Petrels seen off the east coast of Australia in the past week, the first being on the Qld seamounts trip late last week, the second being one off Eden on Sunday (where they also recorded a Kermadec Petrel). We had our Sunday Port Stephens trip cancelled due to … Read more