Hi bird fams, It’s time.The Victorian Twitchathon is back! And we’re aiming to help save the Mallee Emu-wren and our mallee birds! This year we want to raise money for research on these unique birds (see http://www.birdlife.org.au/projects/threatened-mallee-birds) and the Mallee IBAs. As you know, the Mallee IBAs are important bird areas that are in danger . . . → Read More: Victorian Twitchathon – helping to save our threatened mallee birds
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SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT – SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2015 OVERVIEW After more than twenty years of going out on Sydney pelagic trips, I never cease to be amazed at what they can sometimes throw up in surprises. On Saturday, after being out for most of the day in gorgeous spring sunshine and benign conditions, everyone . . . → Read More: Sydney Pelagic Trip Report – Saturday 12 September 2015 Hi all, My father just saw a CBC in Mosman (NSW) land on a Currawongs nest. It then picked up and swallowed 2 eggs in quick succession and presumably her own laid eggs. Has anyone witnessed the same behaviour before? Cheers, Charles Hunter Bronte, Sydney Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: . . . → Read More: Channel-billed Cuckoo behaviour in NSW Hi All, There seems to have been an error with the last time I tried to send this. It looks like I was picked up as spam, I don’t know why. I’m getting rid of the HTML content and trying again, if this doesn’t work, I’ll give up! I’m planning a trip to the mallee . . . → Read More: RFI: Balliatt & Bakara CPs and Mutawinji NP Hi All, I’m planning a trip to the mallee in South Australia and then up to Mutawinji National Park near Broken Hill. Our first stop is Loxton, and I’ve been looking for the closest places to Loxton that have a good chance of purple-gaped honeyeater. I’ve come up with Bakara Conservation Park east of Loxton . . . → Read More: RFI: Balliatt & Bakara CPs and Mutawinji NP I was planning to drive from near Canberra to Penrith tomorrow to twitch the Lapwing. Fortunately another Canberra birder was there and has advised that the site is closed due to setting up for something. On checking the website for the location it seems to be closed until 29 September. I am not keen on . . . → Read More: Grey-headed Lapwing First of the season have arrived in Hunters Hill in Sydney. Alistair 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 RFI- I arrive in Brisbane in 3 days and would appreciate any information about recent sightings of Glossy Black Cockatoo, Black-Breasted Button-Quail, Plum-Headed Finch and White-Eared Monarch in the Brisbane area. Or, suggestions about good sites to visit. (I have Dolby and Clarke’s guide). Thanks very much Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or . . . → Read More: (no subject) I’m visiting Melbourne from the NSW Far North Coast next week and was hoping for a date with a Powerful Owl. Is anyone able to recommend a reliable site? I can see on eBird that Banyule Flats Reserve is a current site. Any more specific directions for this or any other location would be greatly . . . → Read More: Visiting birder seeking Powerful Owl in Melbourne for casual hoot I’ve just returned from a three-day campout at New England National Park west of Armidale, NSW. In good numbers here were Olive Whistler, Flame Robin and Forest Raven, with other nice birds including Red-browed Treecreeper and Scarlet Robin. However, there was no indication of the presence of Rufous Scrubbird in the beech forests around Pt . . . → Read More: Olive Whistler, Forest Raven, Flame Robin at New England NP but no sccrubbirds |
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