I’m currently in Southern Tasmania for a few days. Does anyone know of a reliable place to see Blue-winged Parrots? 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
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It is disturbing to see a press release issued by Queensland Government, wrongly acknowledging a “team of scientists” for the rediscovery of Night Parrot. The full credit for rediscovery of Night Parrot all goes to John Young and nobody else. It was because of Johns ornithological and bush skills, his incredible experience and relentless determination . . . → Read More: Night Parrot Qld Govt press release I have a couple of photos of a Silver Gull taken on The Strand in Townsville recently which has a protuberance from its lower mandible. Does anyone know what it could be? I was interested to note that, despite this malformity, this gull was the dominant bird in the flock. He stood next to my . . . → Read More: Silver Gull with protuberance from lower mandible After the conference at Rottnest I had managed to organise three and a half full days birding to try and see as many of the south-west specials as I could. I got off the Rottnest ferry in the late morning, grabbed a hire car and headed straight down to Cheynes Beach. My plan was to . . . → Read More: Western Australia trip report Part 2 – the south-west I recently put out a call for an RFI for the south-west so I think it’s only right that I repay all the good advice I got by providing a trip report. The opportunity to go to a conference on Rottnest Island provided the chance to do some birding. Having never visited Western Australia before, . . . → Read More: Western Australia trip report Part 1 – Rottnest Island My back yard bird bath attracts a steady number of birds wanting to drink and bathe. I’ve posted a few that I saw on just one day. Mostly common suburban birds, introduced and native but that’s birding for you in residential areas. Kind regards, Chris Shaw seashore@internode.on.net Mobile +61 (0) 409 675912 http://blog.topburds.com/top-birds-everyfing/ Birding-Aus mailing . . . → Read More: My Bird Bath Watched a juvenile Black Noddy fishing with 3 Common Terns and a group of Crested Terns at the mouth of the Clarence River Monday morning (yesterday) about 0900. There was much dolphin activity in the area – presumed there was a large school of fish. Geoff Ryan Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or . . . → Read More: Black Noddy The dates for trips after Christmas are as follows: February 14th March 13th April 10th May 8th May 29th June 19th The cost is $130 a head for a full boat of 12 and includes a BBQ lunch plus tea and coffee or a soft drink. Contact me of or Stuart Hull (e-mail above) if . . . → Read More: Dates of pelagic trips from Port MacDonnell, South Australia, 2016 Thanks again to everyone who helped me find Freckled Ducks. I was finally successful at Ballarat, and I found a single Blue-billed Duck at Werribee the day before. Am now on the trail of Banded Stilts which I have missed twice. I am in the Grampians tonight, and will end up in Adelaide in a . . . → Read More: RFI Banded Stilt The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, November 23, 2015 to Sunday, November 29, 2015: Area: SA Location: Black Point, YP White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) (2) ! male eventually seen, having followed its call for some time. Another bird was heard as well, but not seen. They were . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest |
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