Ground Parrots used to be hunted around Sydney in the “old days” using dogs to point them. I am sure a similar technique would work to locate Night Parrots if you first knew roughly where they were, but rather time consuming in a ten thousand acre paddock. It seems dogs CAN sniff out Night Parrots. … Read more
Hi Sulpha -Crested Cockatoos have made there returned known they nest near Tomarre High School & the Pool in Port Stephens NSW Corellas are still around flying between Corlette & Little Beach I have lot of Crested pigeons hanging around magpies are warbling saw my first Carrawong yesterday there are getting more Rosellas around latley … Read more
WET WINTER AT 70’N Also here in Tromsø, at 70*N in N. Norway, we notice warmer, wetter and wilder weather, even though it is hard to prove, since the variations from year to year always have been considerable. At the end of February there was almost a meter of snow on the ground, quite normal … Read more
For those who are unsure were Waychinicup is, it lies on the western side of Cheynes Beach some 70km by road east of Albany. This was a very reliable area to see Noisy Scrub-bird, Western Bristlebird and Western Whipbird until a wildfire in December 2004 destroyed much of the area and 2/3 of the Scrub-bird … Read more
Hello Andrew, Mertens Creek campsite at Mitchell Falls is by far the easiest site to drive to and probably the easiest place to see them, provided it hasn’t been burnt out or some other bloody disaster. If you want good pics, plan to stay a week during which time you’ll have to put up with … Read more