Month: July 2015

Have just been asked by a colleague for the collective noun for Currawongs (ie ‘murder’ of crows, ‘gaggle’ of geese etc….) All suggestions gratefully received…. Cheers, Tom — ******************************** Ian (Tom) Tarrant Hawthorn East 3123 Victoria http://www.aviceda.org ******************************** 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

Went through Boulia a couple of weeks back. Hardly saw a Willie Wagtail between Longreach and Alice Springs. Drought was devastating. Sent from my iPhone 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

Yeah, g’day Roger We saw our first Cape Petrel on Sydney pelagics, from our notes, in 2009 and 2010. Last Thursday, we saw one as it flew around the whale-watching vessel we took from Coffs Harbour giving much better looks than we’ve had before. While the whales did not perform very well the trip was … Read more

All, I’m contemplating doing a few weekend drives away from Sydney to catch up with some species I’ve not or rarely seen. So, I’m after some suggestions for two day or three day (two night) drives. Three day trips make a loop kind of trip more do-able, rather than a normal out-and-back two day trip. … Read more

The New Guinea birds are Masked lapwings, Black-shouldered is a rare visitor and I have only seen hybrids around Port Moresby, no pure breds I have seen odd the hybrid around the Cairns area, but again no pure breds, they are otherwise all Masked Moving further afield, I only see Black-shouldered in New Caledonia and … Read more