Marion Anstis’s Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia – on sale

Not strictly bird-relevant but Marion Anstis’s book Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia is apparently now out of print. If you like Australian natural history books, this massive (3.8kg) book is a must have. You can currently buy it from the Book Depository for $75 delivered. Its $125 in most Australian bookstores. To get this price . . . → Read More: Marion Anstis’s Tadpoles and Frogs of Australia – on sale

Gresswell Habitat Link area

Would any birders in the Macleod/Bundoora area be interested in making a regular bird survey in the area north of Latrobe University? This would include the Gresswell Habitat Link, Strathallen Golfcourse, Gresswell Grange storm-water ponds and maybe extending to Gresswell Hill and Gresswell Forest. We might solve the problem of where the Swift Parrots . . . → Read More: Gresswell Habitat Link area