Grasswrens and fairy-wrens.

Hi Graeme, I rarely post on Birding-Aus anymore and confess I haven’t seen a message I have wanted to respond to more than yours in a long time. I have seen lots of birds all around the world but my love for Grasswrens pretty much beats them all. They are the holy grail of Australian . . . → Read More: Grasswrens and fairy-wrens.

Facebook Groups

G’day all Facebook is infinitely more palatable if you access the birding groups with the iOS or Android app ‘Groups’. You only see the posts that are sent to groups to which you subscribe and you don’t see advertisements or all the other distractions. So if you have a iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android phone . . . → Read More: Facebook Groups

wind damage

Hi Kerry Firkin from Corlett Port Stephens NSW There are more rainbow Lorikeets up my way then there ever has been it must be because there a lot of trees that were damaged by the bad weather we just got over After the East Coast Low was here two week ago has left a lot . . . → Read More: wind damage

Fw: Do owls carry their chicks?

Dear all Here is a comment from Steve Debus Regards Shirley Cook —– Original Message —– From: “Steve Debus” To: “Shirley Cook” Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 10:06 AM Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Do owls carry their chicks? > Hi Shirley, > > I can’t recall specifics, but I think I’ve heard of circumstantial > evidence . . . → Read More: Fw: Do owls carry their chicks?

Turks

Philip, If you’d read the “Poultry, Birds, etc” column in the Saturday “SMH” in the ’60s, you have seen tons of ads for “turks, bourkes” and other parrots. Nobody had any doubt what they were, and they have been “turks” to me ever since. Actually, at that time they were more formally called “turquoisines”, by . . . → Read More: Turks

Test 4

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Test 3

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Image test

Hi everyone Sorry to clutter up your inbox but I am testing the ability of Birding-Aus to accept images. This is a poor quality shot of a Brown Thornbill taken along the path at Anglesea Foreshore Reserve – about 240Kb. I intend to cap the size of images so we don’t create bandwidth or mailbox . . . → Read More: Image test