Oriental Cuckoos

Have been posting on Brisbane Birders about a pair of Oriental Cuckoos that have been in the garden for a week now. Was asked to post on Birding Aus. Happy to host twitchers if keen. One is a grey bird and the other a hepatic female. To date, both birds have been incredibly faithful to … Read more

Hawaii in June-July?

Hi folks, Bill here My daughter has just had some good news – a course she’s on has credited her leading Joeys as contact hours, meaning she won’t have to do specific placements during school holidays this year. The upshot is that we’re thinking about going to Hawaii in late June or early July. Does … Read more

2016 Great Backyard Birdcount – February 12-15, 2016

G’day One of the world’s biggest bird observation events takes place next weekend – Friday 12 to Mon 15 February. The data people submit via gbbc.birdcount.org ends up in eBird. Typically Australia winds up around 6th or 7th for the number of species observed. Regards, Laurie. Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe … Read more

Feeding birds

Very useful information – thanks Barney. Robin Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org

Brolgas Lawrence/Lower Southgate

Hi, Last Thursday, 29 January, whilst returning from Grafton we were stopped at the intersection of Greens Lane (I am not sure whether it is Lawrence or Lower Southgate) on the Grafton-Lawrence Road where the road was being resealed. We noticed a couple of Brolgas in the open paddock on the River side of Greens … Read more