But perhaps not as many birds eat small fish! On Tuesday at least 200,000 tiny leatherjackets had washed up on Betka Beach (about 5km South of Mallacoota). Yesterday we went further to Shipwreck Creek (+12k South) and then a further 3km on to Seal Creek. Today we walked from Savis Creek to Betka. All had … Read more
Hi all I’m travelling from longreach area across the Barkley highway/3 ways and up to Edith Falls Is there any MUST GO TO SPOTS or water bores along this area that I must go to that everyone knows about and has slipped my memory??? Thanks again Kirri Sent from my iPhone Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org … Read more
Currently on a trip from Murwillumbah NSW up to Edith Falls, Kakadu NT and onto Kimberleys WA … Stopped at Ilfracombe inland QLD for brekky this morning…the sky was FILLED with Woodswallows (never seen so many in one spot) said . (Masked & White-browed from what I could see) AMAZING to see, so many you … Read more
Currently on a trip from Murwillumbah NSW up to Edith Falls, Kakadu NT and onto Kimberleys WA … Stopped at Ilfracombe inland QLD for brekky this morning…the sky was FILLED with Woodswallows (never seen so many in one spot) said . (Masked & White-browed from what I could see) AMAZING to see, so many you … Read more
Wikipedia tells us that: Red-bellied pitta has been split into the following species: Philippine pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster Sula pitta, Erythropitta dohertyi Sulawesi pitta, Erythropitta celebensis Siao pitta, Erythropitta palliceps Sangihe pitta, Erythropitta caeruleitorques South Moluccan pitta, Erythropitta rubrinucha North Moluccan pitta, Erythropitta rufiventris Louisiade pitta, Erythropitta meeki Bismarck pitta, Erythropitta novaehibernicae Papuan pitta, Erythropitta macklotii … Read more