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On the way home tonight, I crossed a small park in Melbourne and watched a Magpie-lark standing on the ground about a metre from a couple sitting on a seat, calling loudly right at them. It wandered aimlessly for a few seconds, then stood facing them and gave them another blast. Lots of people would . . . → Read More: Magpie-lark demanding food Hi all, This is a rather late reminder about the Australian Bird Study Association conference on March 11th (Saturday) in Canberra. The topic for this years conference will be: * Long-term banding studies for monitoring bushland birds: what we’ve learned and future directions*. There are two parallel issues we will be considering under this heading. . . . → Read More: ABSA conference March 11th Eaglehawk Pelagic Trip Report – 5th March 2017 Participants: Jez Bird, Ruth Brozek, Alan Clarkson, Karen Dick, Rob Hamilton, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski (report compiler), Jim Sneddon, George Vaughan, Michael Vaughan, Peter Vaughan, Brenton Von Takach Dukai, Els Wakefield. Trip organised by Paul Brooks, who was unable to attend. Boat: The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with . . . → Read More: Trip Report: Eaglehawk Neck pelagic 5 March 2017 Large numbers of Golden-headed Cisticolas have turned up on fishing boats well offshore on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. This is a mystery as this species is sedentary. More here: sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com/2017/03/golden-headed-cisticola-all-at-sea-and.html Greg Roberts friarbird.roberts@gmail.com sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com.au/ 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 . . . → Read More: Offshore Cisticolas 7 am. Aggressive behaviour towards a member of a group of five. I interpreted it as a hungry young male pestering the beak of parent only to be grabbed and held by his beak so he was held prone with wings outstretched, then dropped and then aggressive chased. Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list . . . → Read More: Kookaburras inner west Sydney. Hello Mike At 10.10am this morning ( March 6) noticed 7 Fork tailed swifts – there may have been more but I needed to catch the ferry – circling ahead of clouds at Rydalmere Ferry Wharf in Sydney. Appeared to be heading north. Joan Wharton Sent from my iPad Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change . . . → Read More: Fork tailed Swifts 3 March 2017 0825 2 WTNTs hunting low over our home (dec Lat – 29,430874 Long 153,335866). Good view in sunlight. Cheers Geoff 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 We still have one spot on this trip. If it is cancelled due to weather we will go the next weekend 26 March and we have 4 spots if that happens. If you are interested in these options contact me directly. Colin. 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 . . . → Read More: Pelagic from Port MacDonnell on March 19 We had an excellent pelagic off Mooloolaba yesterday with the following species seen: BIRDS: Total number seen. (Maximum number seen at any one time). Wedge-tailed Shearwater 90 (30) Flesh-footed Shearwater 40 (15) Streaked Shearwater 1 (1) Tahiti Petrel 12 (5) Brown Booby 6 (2) Red-footed Booby 2 (2) Lesser Frigatebird 13 (10) Arctic . . . → Read More: Sunshine Coast Pelagic March 4, 2017 Morning all I am updating my old list (I also include the list updated by David James I think reasonably regularly based on IOC list) but am wondering if there is any more information on the BARC submissions. The BLA website (birdlife.org.au/conservation/science/rarities-committee) has a list of records up to April 2016, but it would be . . . → Read More: BARC Update |
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