Yandina Creek Wetlands

Many people on this forum have backed a campaign to protect the Yandina Creek Wetlands on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast – the habitat of rare and endangered birds and large numbers of migratory shorebirds. The wetland was recently drained but the Queensland Government has now ordered the opening of a recently installed floodgate so water is . . . → Read More: Yandina Creek Wetlands

What3words advice

If anyone is having trouble getting their heads around the whys and wherefores of the What3words app and the project, have a read of the web site. Especially, the video on the “about” page and the “examples” page. I can work it out, and I am certainly no genius. I wish I had had access . . . → Read More: What3words advice

Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015

Yes, James, we were keeping an ear out for a Western Whipbird. Many years ago, Dean made a recording of an unknown bird call in the Big Desert, that may or may not have been one. A number of experts listened to the call but opinions differed on what it was, the front runner being . . . → Read More: Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015

What3words

Greetings What is the point of converting the time honoured Latitude and Longitude into 57 trillion meaningless three word phrases? Considering Latitude, Degrees, Minutes and decimals of a minute, the third decimal of a minute fixes the North/South location to 1.8 metres. Considering Longitude, the third decimal of a minute fixes the East/West location to . . . → Read More: What3words

What3words

G’day all I just heard about this new app called what3words that divides the globe up into 57 trillion 3m x 3m squares and converts the lat and long to a unique 3 word code. It was designed for the huge proportion of the world’s population without any address system. My home address is labs.assemble.rollers . . . → Read More: What3words

Birdingpal or guide referral for N. India?

Chatters, Birding aus, and Tweeters, Planning a trip to India this winter and would need a guide for the northern portion of the trip. The south and Sri Lanka appear to be already covered. Anyone have someone that they have used in the past or know well enough to make a recommendation? All the best . . . → Read More: Birdingpal or guide referral for N. India?

Cairns update

Thanks to everyone that responded to my previous request about my upcoming trip to FNQ. We fly out on Friday for a week in cairns/Atherton with the family and then 12 days travelling with my parents and some friends as far north as iron range. I am now looking for any interesting sightings in the . . . → Read More: Cairns update

Video material of my birding endeavours in Australia.

Hi people, I started to upload my material of my year long trip Down Under on this site: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/users/pieter-de-groot-boersma?only=videos See also their Newsfeed: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/news/videos-australia-new-zealand-new-caledonia Localities uploaded so far: Herdman Lake: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/locality/australasian/australia/western-australia/perth/herdsman-lake Kings Park Botanic Garden, Perth: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/locality/australasian/australia/western-australia/perth/kings-park-botanic-gardens Let me know what you think! Best regards, Pieter de Groot Boersma Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change . . . → Read More: Video material of my birding endeavours in Australia.

Parc rivière bleue New Caledonia

I’m in the park ATM and have seen most of the endemics in one day There’s no one to ask here about recent sightings of crow honeyeaters, does anyone have the ranger’s email Merci John Leonard 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

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Parc rivière bleue New Caledonia

I’m in the park ATM and have seen most of the endemics in one day There’s no one to ask here about recent sightings of crow honeyeaters, does anyone have the ranger’s email Merci John Leonard 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

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