Wake for John Gamblin

Just a short note to say that the wake for John Gamblin is going to be at Rain Hayne and Shine Farmyard, 490 Stumpy Gully Road, Balnarring VIC 3926, at 4pm on Sunday, 10th April. It probably won’t be a very long affair, but (to quote the organiser) “beer will be drunk and lies will … Read more

Pallas’s Gull in the NT

BirdLife Australia has received a brief submission including one very pixilated photo from a ranger on the Coburg Peninsula NT claiming a Black-headed Gull seen on 20 March 2016 on Sandy Island No. 2. To me, the bird looks like an adult Great Black-headed = Pallas’s Gull in winter plumage! If anyone has access to … Read more

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, March 28, 2016 to Sunday, April 3, 2016: Area: SA Location: Kangaroo Island Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus) (2) a pair over NW Curly Creek sector of Murrays Lagoon, Cape Cantheaume CP, 29 Mar 2016; my first observation of a pair of … Read more

Video highlights Phil Maher’s Plains-wanderer trip and sites in SE Queensland and E New South Wales

Hi people, Another batch of highlights from my big trip, driving large distances in SE Australia in search of species like these following highlights: Plains-wanderer, Inland Dotterel, Rockwarbler, Powerful Owl and Eastern Shrike-tit! ibc.lynxeds.com/news/video-highlights-phil-mahers-plains-wanderer-trip-sites-se-queensland-e-new-south-wales Best regards, Pieter de Groot Boersma 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