Hi Birding-Aus, I’ve recently noticed on the Birdlife subspecies list, that it lists two different subspecies of the introduced Spotted Dove – both the *Eastern Asian Spotted Dove* (*S. c. chinensis*) and the *Southern Asian Spotted Dove* (*S. c. ceylonensis*). My question is, were two different subspecies introduced or is one the common feral mainland … Read more
Here are a few observations from a four day bushwalk in the back blocks of Lamington National Park (SEQ) over Easter. Duck Creek Road has deteriorated a lot over the last couple of years. It is a private road with maintenance funded by a donation box. A lot of wombats get their jollies traversing this … Read more
My two week trip to Vietnam was a family holiday. I organised one 24-hour-long guided birding trip to Bạch Mã National Park plus some opportunistic birdwatching while being a tourist. The result was 99 species, including 58 lifers, with some IDs still unresolved. The birding trip to Bạch Mã began on my first day in … Read more
It has been an uneven few days here at Cassowary House, Kuranda- we had great excitement on Mar 26 when a new female appeared in our car park, and was quite interested in what we were doing, a good sign and replacing the big female we so sadly lost last October. Breeding season approaches so … Read more