Thanks Jason! This indeed looks promising! There are of course dozens of other birds on my list, so let’s hope they are just as easy with Peter leading the way. But in the end we only get what we get, and that’s it. A lot relies on good luck and coincidence. But still wishing for … Read more
Heard an Olive-backed Oriole calling in a eucalypt in my back garden at Vista today at 10.20 a.m. It called several times and was being harassed by Red Wattlebirds. I had good views of it before it flew off to adjoining gardens and I lost it. Tony. Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, August 31, 2015 to Sunday, September 6, 2015: Area: SA Location: Perry’s Bend, Onkaparinga River Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) (1) A single bird foraging/diving along the margins of the river where there are large schools of tiny bait fish at … Read more
That sounds like a great trip Harry. Just a few comments to your list as it relates to the Northern Beaches of Sydney: -Australian Brushturkey -Eastern Whipbird -Variegated Fairy-wren -Scarlet HE -Robins (Rose) If you’re heading to Warriewood, you could see all these at Irrawong Reserve, which adjoins the wetlands <1km. The first three are … Read more