It's all about the birds
(More for Denise really but posting in case anyone else knows)
I am wirting about the northern rosella on Wikipedia and am intested if
anything has been published on local/indigenous folklore or names
cheers
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Pacific (Fork-tailed) Swift (Apus pacificus) Report for 2016/17 Season.
[Summary of 487 sightings sent to me or published where I could find them]
Next seasons swifts are heading our way so it must be time to get last season’s report together. Two were seen on Java 22nd Aug, 4 seen on Bali 25th Aug and 12 on Bali 26th Aug. So numbers are building and they are just off out North coast.
This year there were 90 reports more than last year.
I am not aware of any definite over-wintering birds this season. There were four August sightings and one on 1st Sept that might have been over-wintering birds – but more likely to have been pre-breeders or failed breeders coming South early. Daphne Hards saw a single bird at Mambray Ck S.A. 7th Aug. Joan & Rosemary Wharton saw 8 on Reed Beds Rd, Qld 11th Aug. Marge & Roger Crouch saw some at Dulkannina Stn, S.A. 15 Aug. Dennis Hill saw17 over Hill’s Hill Wildlife Refuge in NSW 28th Aug. and Joan Wharton saw 3 near Fitzroy Falls, NSW 1st Sep.
Again, the largest flock observed was 2,500 pacificus seen by Len & Chris Ezzy on the Old Flinders Hwy, Qld. The second-largest flock was 1,200 birds seen by Clive Nealon, Gina Gregory and Claire Gerrish at Port Gregory, W.A. The third-largest flock was of 1,100 birds seen by Chris Purnell at Fisherman’s Bay in S.A. The fourth-largest flock was of 1,000 birds seen by Chris & Len Ezzy at Bohle Industrial estate, Qld.
All told only 38 sightings were reported from WA (26 last year), 45 from NT (49), 202 from Qld (179), 135 from NSW (86 last yr), 3 from ACT (12), 20 from Vic (26). 44 sightings were made in SA (16) & 2 in Tas (1). So, were most of the birds in Qld, or was it just that most observers with their eyes open were again in Qld this year?
The first Vic report that was most likely from new arrivals was of 10 birds seen at Croajingolong N.P. on 28th Dec. by Quentin Guibert. The largest flocks seen in Victoria were only 20 birds seen by Karen Weil at Harmers Haven, 14th May. These were also the last ones seen in Vic.
The first SA reports were by D & S Harper of 25+ near Mungeranie. The last sighting reported for SA was of 10+ birds on 20th Apr at Balaklava, reported by Paul Taylor.
Both Tasmanian sightings were of single birds on 9th Feb. Samuel Burckhardt saw his at Scamander and Robert Hamilton saw his in a flock of 55 WTNT at Peggs Beach Cons Pk.
One of the consequences these swifts face in feeding over the drier parts of Australia is that the food supply quickly runs out and they have to move on. This means unlike Needletail observations, very few observers make more than three sightings. This means it is even more important that each observer report their one or two observations, so we can fill out the picture a little. Thank you all very much for doing so, and reporting the numbers seen.
Observers who made more than three observations were: ANDERSON, David (5), ARMSTRONG, Doug (5), BOOTH, Cliff (4), BORTOLUSSI, Greg (4), BOWRA Bird call (4), DICK, Adrian (6), EZZY, Len & Chris. (4), FISHER, Keith & Lindsay (5), FOTHERGILL, Euan (6), HATTINGH, Tanya (6), HERRINGTON, Doug (8), HOFFMANN, Ben (4), HOWES, Michael (6), JACKETT, Nigel 14), KYNE, Peter (6), LARSON, Helen (14), MAURER, Golo (4), McLACHLAN, Greg (8), MORGAN, Peter (4), MORRIS, Alan (4), MURFET, Denzel (5), MURPHY, Liam (6), PEARSON, John (7), POTTER, Steve (4), RAWSTHORNE, John (4), REED, Rob (6), RONAN, Michael (4), WHARTON, Joan (4), WILSON, Tom (4), WNOROWSKI, Ted (5), WREN, Jon (6).
Most of us did not make that many observations but I still value & thank all these contributors:
ABBOTS, Susan (2), ADAMS, John (Jack) (2), ALLEN, Andrew (1), ALLEN, Jim (1), ALLEN, R&J (1), ALLSOP, John (1), ANDERSON, Marc (1), ARMSTRONG, Doug (3), ASHDOWN, Dan (1), ASHTON, Tony (2), ATTEWELL, Chris (1), BARKER, Potta (2), BARNES, Chris (2), BARNES, Darryl (1), BAXTER, Richard (1), BEAULIEU, Leonie (1), BEAVIS, Sarah (2), BECKER, Ron (1), BEGASSIERE, Janine de la (1), BENESH, Chris (1), BENSON, Ian (2),BERGMARK, Joshua (1), BISCHOFF, Tony (3), BOMBARDIERI, Nancy (1), BOND, Emma (1), BOYLE, Adrian (2), BRECKENRIDGE, Max (2), BRITTAIN, Ross. (2), BRITTON, Erin (1), BROSIE, Grant (1), BRUCE, Niel (3), BURCKHARDT, Samuel (2), BUSH, Lee (1), CALLAGHAN, Corey (2) CAREY, Mark (1), CARPENTER, Jesse (1), CARTER, Derek (1), CARY, Nicolas (1), CHEN, Larry (1), CONOLE, Lawrie (1),), COOPER, Dick & Barbara (1), CORNELIOUS, James (1), COWAN, Ian (1), CURRAN, Cheryl & Paul (1), D’ANNA, Willie (1), DALEY, Michael (1), DALY, Gus (1), DANIELL, Chris (1), DAUBENEY, Diles (1), DAVIES, Christy (1), DAVY, Eileen (1), DeBELIN, Bill (1), DEACON, Barry (1), DEVONPORT, Chris (2), DeVRIES, Mike (1), DICKSON, James (1), DOECKE, Michela (1), DOECKE, Nathaniel (3), DOUBIKIN, John L. (1), DOUGHERTY, Robert (1), DOUGILL, Steve (1), DOUGLAS, Fiona (1), DOVE, Charles (1), EARL, Hedley & Irena (3), EGGINS, Darryl (1), ELLER, Jeff & Marg (1), ENGEL, Deryk (1), EVANS, Andrea & Andrew (1), EVERIST, Peter (1), EWING, Gil (1), EYLES, Dan. (1), FARLEY, Kim (1), F, Sonja (2), FAWCETT, Adam (1), FERGUSON, Alex (1), FIELD, Tim (1), FLETCHER, Tom & Angus (1), FRATT, Norbert (1), FRIESEN, Jude (3), FULLER, Richard (2), GARDNER, Marc (3), GERMECH, Oakley (2), GERRISH, Claire (2), GIBSON, Col & Brenda (1), GIBB, Steve (1), GIBSON, Jesse (1), GILLANDERS, Alan (1), GILFEDDER, Mat. Alexander 7 Cathy (3), GILMOUR, Phil (1), GLASS, Brigid (3), GOULDING, Paul (1), GRAHAM, Malcolm (1), GREATWICH, Bruce (2), GREEN, Bob (1), GREGORY, Cory (1), GREGORY, Gina (3), GREY, David & Shirley (1), GUIBERT, Quentin (1), HALL, Beth (1), HALL, Mark (1), HAMILTON, Robert (2), HANCE, Ian (1), HARDS, Daphne (1), HARPER, D&S (1), HARTSHORN, Angus (1), HASTINGS Birdwatchers (2), HAWKINS, Liz (1), HBOC (2), (2), HERTOG, Tony (1), HILL, Dennis (1), HINZE, Matt. (1), HIRSCH, Catherine (2),HOBCROFT, Dion (1), HOFFMANN, Luke (3),HOLLAND, Jack (1), HONEYMAN, Mike (1), HORLER, Peter (1),HORVATH, Mark & Bron (2), HUMPHREYS, Keith & Judy (1), INGLIS, Jim (1), JACKSON, Luke (1), JACKSON, Micha (2), JARVIS, Mike (2), JENSEN, Andy (2), JERRAM, Mick (1), JOHNSON, Brian & Meg (2), JOHNSTONE, Richard (1), JONES, Ross (1), KENNERLEY, James (1), KERNOT, Rob (1), KERR, Ian (2), KILLMISTER, Suzy (1), KING, David (1), KNOCK, Pete (1), KRUMMINS, Andrew (3), LAMOUR, Kim (2), LAU, Andrew (1), LAXDAL, Dwaine (2), LEACH, Elliot (1), LEENEY, Ruth (2), LEITCH, Judy (1), LINDSAY, Kurtis (2), LISTER, Marie (1), LONERGAN, Noel (1), LOWRY, John (1), LOY, James (2), MARCHINI, Bobbi (2), MASTERS, Gavin & Mal (3), McGOVERN, Roger (1), McMAHON, Ian (1), MITCHELL, Mel (1), MOORHEAD, Bill & Jack (1), MORIEN, Celeste (1), MORRIS, Alan (2), MUSTAFA, James (2), NASH, Rick (1), NAT, Falla (1), NAUMANN, Andrew (2), NEALON, Clive (3), NEWLING, Greg (1), NICHOLAS, Richard (1), NICOLSON, Kym (1), NISBETT, Alison (1), OLLEY, Jeanette (1), OLSSON, Johan (1), ONGLEY, David (1), PAYET, Rosemary (1), PETER, John (1), PIERCE, Ed (2), PIETERSE, Leigh (1), PLANT, David (1), POTTER, David (1), PRESTON, Ivor (3), PURNELL, Chris (1), RACHAKONDA, Sreekar (1), RAMSEY, Michael (1), REED, Doug (1), REID, Sue (1), REIDY, Barbara (1), RICHARDSON, Bruce (2), RICHARDSON, David (1), RIPLEY, David (1), ROBINO, Janet (3), ROBINSON, Andrew (1), ROBINSON, Tim (2), ROBINSON, Douglas (3), RODERICK, Mick (3), ROGERS, Chantelle (1), ROSS, Laurie (2), RUDDER, Ashwin (1), RYAN, Thomas (2), SANDVIG, Erik (1), SCHULZ, Wayne (1), SCOBIE, Michael (2), SCOFIELD, Paul (1), SHELLEY, Luke (2), SHINTON, Chris (1), SHORTY, W. (1), SMALLWOOD, Darren (1), SMEDLEY, Karen (1), SMITH, A. (1), SMITH, EDWARD (3), SMITH, Per (1), SOLANDER, Biggles (2), SONNENBURG, Roy (3), SOUTHALL, Coleen (1), SPRY, Jenny (2), STILES, Jenny (1), SWAN, Roy (1), SYMMONS, Chris (1), SYSON, Winston (1), TALBOT, Nathan (1), TALBOT, Nicholas (2), TARRANT, Tom (1), TAYLOR, Paul (2), THOMAS, Judith (1), THOMPSON, Chris (2), THOMPSON, Hilary (1), THORN, Simon (1), TIERNEY, Peter (2), TRAYNOR, Kaye (1), TRUDGEN, David (1), TUCKER, Jean (1), TURNBULL, Ray (1), VELLA, Edwin (1), VENABLES, Brian (1), VIVIAN, Alanna (1), VOYZEY, Michael (1), WALSH, Adrian (1), WARD-SMITH, BRUCE (1), WARING, Richard (1), WATSON, Chris (1), WEIL, Karen (1), WELLER, Dan (2), WEST, Peter (3), WILES, Jennie (1), WILLIS, Michael (1), WILSON, Gary & Robyn (1), WOOD, Tim (1),
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The spring issue of Woodlands on the Wing is available on line. The newsletter is produced by the Birdlife WA GWW bird survey project committee. It contains trip reports, bird lists and much more.
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Lai has asked Australian birders on Birding Aus to participate in World Shorebirds Day.
Apart from the migration timing issue, BirdLife Australia encourages volunteers counting migratory shorebirds to ensure the data is input into birdata as part of the Shorebirds 2020 program here: birdata.birdlife.org.au/
Standardised surveys using birdata allows our researchers to analyse population trends and inform shorebird conservation. A birdata app is available on IOS and Android stores.
For resident shorebirds, volunteers should contact the Beach-nesting Birds Program team at hoodedplover@birdlife.org.au BirdLife Australia has a separate data portal for our resident shorebirds: portal.mybeachbird.com.au/
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1. Re: RFI Norfolk Island (Laurie Knight)
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3. Sea-eagle and Little Penguin seen at Long Reef, northern
Sydney 27 August (Tom Wilson)
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:41:38 +1000
From: Laurie Knight < l.knight@optusnet.com.au>
To: Martin Woodward < mallee28@impulse.net.au>
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] RFI Norfolk Island
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G?day Martin
Craig Doolan is the Birding Aus man on Norfolk and should have all your answers.
If you want to support the local economy, Margaret Christian runs half day nature tours that finish watching the seabirds from her back yard [the petrels have burrows there]. She has a book on the birds of Norfolk Island.
At the right time of year, you can see the parrots feeding on the fruit trees outside of the national park, otherwise you have to spend some time in the park looking for them.
If you get the opportunity, you should head over to Phillip Island – but access there is weather dependent, so it is a case of getting lucky.
Regards, Laurie
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> Any tips on where to see the land endemics and various seabirds would be
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> Also, is the Northern Shoveller still around or any other unusual
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hi guys,
don’t forget “world shorebird” is on the 1- 7th sept
go to :
or
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Global Shorebird Counting Program
worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com
The Global Shorebird Count, held every year on the weekend nearest September 6, is one of the key events of World Shorebirds Day. The Count is intended to raise awareness of the importance of regul?
Lai
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:45:59 +1000
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Sea-eagle and Little Penguin seen at Long Reef,
northern Sydney 27 August
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Hi all
having failed to see any skuas on a pair of Tasmanian pelagic trips last weekend, I tried my luck this afternoon at Long Reef, on Sydney?s northern beaches. There were 2 distant birds that were likely Brown Skuas, and one that came closer in when attracted by a feeding melee of Crested Terns and Silver Gulls. There were big numbers of shearwaters offshore, particularly Fluttering-types ? in one 2 minute stretch I counted 130 birds passing in front of the scope. Quite a few Wedge-tailed Shearwaters out in the mix too and about a dozen albatross close enough to ID ? 1 Shy-type, 1 Black-browed and 10 Yellow-nosed.
However, the most interesting observation was a White-bellied Sea-eagle and a Little Penguin. Neither species would be that unusual at Long Reef, but in this case the eagle had caught the penguin and carried it to the reef where it eventually subdued its very feisty victim after about 20 minutes. There were 2 Australian Ravens that were keen to get in on the action which didn?t help when the penguin was still very much alive and pecking.
I also saw an Eastern Osprey with an impressive catch ? a large grey coloured fish.
All this in about 75 minutes from 2-3:15pm, when I decided to head home before the rain clouds looming up from the south got to me.
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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Hi everyone. Have just returned from a visit to Europe, etc. I took some photos of a warbler in Suzdal, about 100km east of Moscow. I believe that it?s either a Marsh Warbler or Blyth?s Reed Warbler but there are enough inconsistencies to leave me wondering. Is there anyone out there who would like to have a go to i.d it, please reply offline??
Thanks
Brian & Meg Johnson
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Hi everyone. Have just returned from a visit to Europe, etc. I took some photos of a warbler in Suzdal, about 100km east of Moscow. I believe that it’s either a Marsh Warbler or Blyth’s Reed Warbler but there are enough inconsistencies to leave me wondering. Is there anyone out there who would like to have a go to i.d it, please reply offline??
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Hi all
having failed to see any skuas on a pair of Tasmanian pelagic trips last weekend, I tried my luck this afternoon at Long Reef, on Sydney’s northern beaches. There were 2 distant birds that were likely Brown Skuas, and one that came closer in when attracted by a feeding melee of Crested Terns and Silver Gulls. There were big numbers of shearwaters offshore, particularly Fluttering-types – in one 2 minute stretch I counted 130 birds passing in front of the scope. Quite a few Wedge-tailed Shearwaters out in the mix too and about a dozen albatross close enough to ID – 1 Shy-type, 1 Black-browed and 10 Yellow-nosed.
However, the most interesting observation was a White-bellied Sea-eagle and a Little Penguin. Neither species would be that unusual at Long Reef, but in this case the eagle had caught the penguin and carried it to the reef where it eventually subdued its very feisty victim after about 20 minutes. There were 2 Australian Ravens that were keen to get in on the action which didn’t help when the penguin was still very much alive and pecking.
I also saw an Eastern Osprey with an impressive catch – a large grey coloured fish.
All this in about 75 minutes from 2-3:15pm, when I decided to head home before the rain clouds looming up from the south got to me.
Cheers
Tom Wilson
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hi guys,
don’t forget “world shorebird” is on the 1- 7th sept
go to :
or
[farm5.staticflickr.com/4188/34530421236_b18564cf21_b.jpg]
Global Shorebird Counting Program
worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com
The Global Shorebird Count, held every year on the weekend nearest September 6, is one of the key events of World Shorebirds Day. The Count is intended to raise awareness of the importance of regul…
Lai
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Hi all,
There was a flock of Rainbow Lorikeets on my lawn a couple of days ago. One of them, while having all the usual colours on the front, had a bright yellow back and wings instead of green. I double checked that it was definitely a Rainbow lorikeet. Is this a mutation? Or a common variant? I’ve never seen one like that before.
Cheers,
Tracey
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Hi All,
My wife and I are holidaying on Norfolk Island in the first week of October.
Any tips on where to see the land endemics and various seabirds would be
much appreciated.
Also, is the Northern Shoveller still around or any other unusual
sightings?
Thanks
Martin Woodward
Mob 0408 805 179
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