Hi All, does anyone have a copy of the WTP bird list that Melbourne Water used to have on their website. I spoke with them this morning but they are no longer producing the booklet and the list in not up on their birdwatching page anymore Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards John *Yours . . . → Read More: WTP Bird List
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The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 21, 2015 to Sunday, September 27, 2015: Area: SA Location: Onkaparinga River ponds adjacent Main South Rd Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus) (1) Male bird foraging and calling very strongly, this site is quite reliable for this species. Fairy Martin (Hirundo . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest Sounds like a brilliant trip, Bill. Good on you for going of the beaten track. BTW, if you want to see Bustards, try the middle of the Mitchell Hwy, about half way between Bourke and Byrock, that is where I saw 3 in ’96 Carl Clifford > On 20 Sep 2015, at 4:30 PM, Bill . . . → Read More: Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 Hello, Had great success in Lake Cargelligo – Round Hill area during the weekend with Peter & Penny Madvig, Chris Dwyer and Markku Nurminen including the following species: -Southern Scrub-robin 1 -Chestnut-backed Quail-thrush 2 -Shy Heathwren 1 singing its heart out -Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo 3+1 (poor views and heard one more, too) -Crested Bellbirds; several . . . → Read More: Lake Cargelligo – Round Hill trip highlights Hmm, not sure. They seemed quite curious and come very close. It was the only explanation for their behaviour I could think of. Perhaps someone else has a theory? —–Original Message—– From: Peter Shute Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 5:56 PM To: Bill Stent Cc: birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, . . . → Read More: Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 That sounds like a great trip. But why does lack of human contact make fairy-wrens and scrub-robins confiding? Surely humans don’t hunt species like that. Peter Shute Sent from my iPad > On 20 Sep 2015, at 4:56 PM, Bill Stent < billstent@gmail.com> wrote: > > Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September . . . → Read More: Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 That’s a great read Bill! Very adventurous! Marie Tarrant On 20 September 2015 at 16:30, Bill Stent < billstent@gmail.com> wrote: > Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 > > > > When Dean Hewish asked whether I’d like to visit a feature in the Big > Desert he’d found on Google . . . → Read More: Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 When Dean Hewish asked whether I’d like to visit a feature in the Big Desert he’d found on Google Earth I was enthusiastic. The prospect of walking in trackless desert has always been attractive to me, and birding is a great way of discovering solitude. . . . → Read More: Trip report: Messa Rocks, Big Desert, Victoria, 15-18 September 2015 Hi All, We had two pelagic trips off Eaglehawk Neck, SE Tasmania last weekend. Very pleasant seas for a Tassie pelagic but the hoped for cold water specialties failed to materialise, indeed with the appearance of Long-tailed and Arctic Jaeger and White-chinned Petrel spring had sprung. Wandering Albatross (of any form) was a notable absence . . . → Read More: BirdLife Australia Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, Sat 12 Sept 2015 – trip report The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, September 14, 2015 to Sunday, September 20, 2015: Area: SA Location: Old Reynella Hardhead (Aythya australis) (12) At St Francis Winery pond, with pacific Black ducks Reported by: Heather Connolly on Saturday, September 19, 2015 ——————————————— Location: Whites Road Wetlands Grey . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest |
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