Hi All, Here’s the trip report for the pelagic that got off Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania on Saturday 10 September 2016. Cheers, Rohan OBSERVERS: Elliot Leach, Mike Honeyman, Karen Dick, Heyn de Kock, Duade Paton, Bruce Wedderburn, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski, Jenny Ostenfeld, Paul Elliot, Michael Vaughan, George Vaughan, Els Wakefield and Rohan Clarke (report compiler). WEATHER: Heavy … Read more
Hi Carl & list, I notice in my bird books that “Round Hill Nature Reserve” is not always “open” and that we should phone Cobar office of National Parks and Wildlife. Is this step necessary? What does it mean if it is not open? From Jenny Stiles —–Original Message—– From: Carl Weber Sent: Friday, September … Read more
Hi all, in response to postings by John Leonard & James Mustafa among others, I agree that the spotted/yellow-rumped pardalote Pardalotus punctatus/xanthopyge group needs further taxonomic review. By the way, I studied vocalisations of the south-eastern subspecies of Striated Pardalote P. striatus (which supported their conspecificity) and cannot in fact recall writing about the spotted … Read more
Hi All. Any tips on best date, time and particularly places to see Northern Shrike-tit? Also should be a good season or three for Princess Parrot, any recent sightings in the wild? Here in Mulgoa Valley spring has sprung with a vengeance, very wet and soggy. A locally rare Brown Cuckoo-dove joined the otherwise dominant … Read more