Month: October 2017

Vacancy – November 12th BirdLife Victoria Portand pelagic

Hi all

I still have a vacancy for the November 12th Portland pelagic. Cost is around $160 for the day and transport can be arranged from Melbourne. Let me know if interested or if you want further details.

Thanks

Tim Bawden

tbawden@live.com.au

gobirding.com.au/
0488 017 781

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Red Goshawk

I have just spent a few days at Farina SA..I saw  a pair of Red Goshawk with one chick on the nest it would be about 6 weeks old. Is this normal to be so far south in arid country? I will post some photos when I get better service That will be in a few days.cheersGeoff Hutchinson

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Eastern Rosellas

We have been casually watching (when possible) the first clutch Eastern
Rosellas have produced in the nesting box attached to our shed wall. The
clutch started as 5 eggs and the only chick hatched on, or about, 9 Oct. By
23 Oct there was one growing chick and 2 (presumably infertile) eggs and
some egg shell. But to our surprise on 28 Oct (chick now 19 days old) 2
more eggs had been laid. ie one chick and 4 eggs. The 4 eggs included the
old, stained infertile eggs and 2 new white eggs.

I have done a little bit of a search and can find no reference to Eastern
Rosella females laying whilst there is still an unfledged chick in the nest.

Has anyone seen this or seen reference to this happening?

Thanks Geoff

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Geoff Lane WA contact details please

Hello All,
I did a trip with Klaus Uhlenhut in December 2012 to Iron Range with a
great group
of people and one morning Klaus went down to put something in the 4WD and
saw a male Yellow-billed Kingfisher in a low bush near the vehicle. We
then spent around 20 minutes photographing the bird which thankfully did
not move off.
I’d love a photo of the bird and am hoping that either Geoff Lane
subscribes to birding-aus or that someone may know his details. Geoff had
a fantastic set of cameras on the trip and I feel sure he would have an
excellent photo.
All the best,
Patrick Scully

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Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania Pelagic Trips in 2018

Hi All,

In 2018 I’m organizing a number of pelagic trips out of Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania. These will operate under the banner of Birdlife Australia. While we don’t insist on it, it therefore helps if you are a member of Birdlife Australia.

At present there are a total of six trips scheduled across the following dates:

Saturday 20 January and Sunday 21 January

Saturday 28 April and Sunday 29 April

Saturday 15 September and Sunday 16 September

I am currently taking bookings for all of the above if anyone wishes to register an interest. Please email me atrohan@wildlifeimages.com.au (don’t message me on facebook or any other platform as it is too hard to collate everything across multiple forms of communication).

As the boat often fills quite rapidly there is a waiting list established when a trip is fully booked because, for various reasons, we have people who have to pull out.

The cost of the boat trip is in the order of $125-135, depending on the number of people on the boat – it is dearer if we don’t fill the boat as the hire cost is divided between the sea-birders. Because participants come from a variety of locations and many interstate visitors make a weekend or more of it, participants organize their own accommodation and transport to Eaglehawk Neck (about an hour from Hobart).

The east coast of Tasmania is unusual because boat trips get out in a variety of weather conditions. The land mass of Tasmania itself provides lots of protection for the east coast waters and the boat gets out most times – quite safely.

If you want to know what birds we see off Eaglehawk Neck there is a file on the Seabirds and Pelagics Australia Facebook page summarizing over 100 trips to present a record of monthly seabird occurrence.

Regards,

Rohan

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Rohan Clarke
www.wildlifeimages.com.au

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