By Birding-Aus, on February 27th, 2017% If Anyone is traveling to Newcastle to see the Pratincole I have an overseas visitor who would like to see it also please let me know. Keith Brandwood the beautiful Hawkesbury 60km N/W Sydney
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By Birding-Aus, on February 26th, 2017% 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
By Birding-Aus, on February 26th, 2017% Duck hunting does more than destroy native waterbirds. It also sees Victorian wetlands polluted with plastic shotgun shells, bottles, cans and human waste. Perhaps worst of all, hunting makes some wonderful wetlands inaccessible for birdwatching three months of the year.
An example is Lake Murdeduke, current home to a large assemblage of migratory waders (including . . . → Read More: Duck hunting in Victoria
By Birding-Aus, on February 26th, 2017% Travelling from Strathalbyn to Victor Harbour, SA, we picked up a roadkill which looks like a Southern Boobook. From Morcombe has a red dot in this area for halmaturina. Just wondering if this could be a significant find.
While the bird was fairly damaged, wer’e pretty sure it was a boobook. If anyone wants to . . . → Read More: Roadkill
By Birding-Aus, on February 26th, 2017% 20 swung over as this inner west Sydney morning for a couple of hours from at least 8.15 till at least 10.30. Cloudy but no rain since just before dawn. The seasonal migration north is well under way now the heat wave has broken.
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By Birding-Aus, on February 25th, 2017% 11.30 am in my hedges in this misty Sydney Saturday.
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By Birding-Aus, on February 25th, 2017% Mid-morning a new call passed through here (SEQ 500m), VERY quiet– oh oh-oh-o Short & soft but solid, descending.
Any ideas?
Judith
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By Birding-Aus, on February 25th, 2017% hunting in the misty Sydney rain from my inner west hills hoist at 7.30 am
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By Birding-Aus, on February 24th, 2017% On the Newell Highway 75 kms before Goondiwindi on 19th February – a flock of at least 60 low over the road and very high in the clouds in the company of a similar size flock of white- browned wood swallows. Difficult to count from a moving car- but stretching about 1 km along the . . . → Read More: Fork-tailed Swifts
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