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Hello A Townsville birder, Ivor Preston, accidentally left his Scope on Morris Rd, Giru, Nth Qld recently and when he went back for it the same day it was gone. Just wondering if anyone going along that road may have picked it up? He would love to get it back. Many thanks, Joan Wharton Sent . . . → Read More: Lost scope Greetings, This morning one could have driven to the terns but the tide was a bit high for me. I walked. There were five Aleutians on bank inland of the fenced area and a little south. Opposite the end of the fence there were eight more. When they all took off at7 am, crossing the . . . → Read More: Aleutian Terns Old Bar 15/01 Greetings, Can anyone provide me with recent information on the Rufous Scrub-bird and Barrington Tops? TIA, Alan — Alan’s Wildlife Tours 2 Mather Road Yungaburra 4884 Phone 07 4095 3784 Mobile 0408 953 786 www.alanswildlifetours.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: Rufous Scrub-bird Around the time (probably 0820hr) and on the same day (Thursday, 11th January), that Cathy was seeing her needletails in Ryde, I was driving through the Sydney suburb of Canada Bay with around 40 needletails swirling around on either side of the road and overhead. Always good to see them! Philip Griffin *To*: “birding-aus@birding-aus.org ” . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails at Ryde, Sydney (and Canada Bay) hello all, FINALLY some big numbers of Fork-tailed Swifts have turned up on the Cairns-Port Douglas-Daintree lowlands. as far as I am aware, these are the first seen near the coast up here since early Dec when Marie Tarrant saw a few around Cairns. yesterday’s birds were MY first for the season, and their arrival . . . → Read More: Fork-tailed Swifts in BIG numbers yesterday at Lower Daintree, FNQ On Thursday, 11 January at 8:30am I saw approximately 30 White-throated Needletails circling around Burrows Park (-33.814229, 151.114767) in Ryde in the heart of the city slowly heading south towards Parramatta River. There could have been more, it wasn’t possible to tell if the same birds were circling around or there were more groups moving . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails at Ryde, Sydney Much the same as making things fool proof, that only attracts idiots. On Sunday, January 14, 2018, Martin Butterfield < martinflab@gmail.com> wrote: > In my area I use generalized descriptions of the sites of unusual birds on > private property to try to avoid such a situation. That does at least keep > people out . . . → Read More: ONE RED-RUMPED SWALLOW with+/-20 Barn Swallows at Lower Daintree FNQ yesteday Six WTNTs were observed early this morning lazily drifting overhead the ridgeline and property in the space of 10 minutes from 6.30am (-27 14′ S / 152 47′ E). Hard to say which direction they came from and which direction they headed off in as it was more of a wide circular drift; slow and . . . → Read More: White-throated Needletails drifting over ridge-line at Kobble Creek , SEQ In my area I use generalized descriptions of the sites of unusual birds on private property to try to avoid such a situation. That does at least keep people out of the paddocks and gardens. If anyone desperately needs finer detail they can ask me and their case for access will be considered in discussion . . . → Read More: ONE RED-RUMPED SWALLOW with+/-20 Barn Swallows at Lower Daintree FNQ yesteday Tony, you might remember that the sewage pond manager threatened to have the trespassing birders arrested. As for Mataranka I heard that the goshawks left after decades of nesting in that area. Whether their departure, and the owner of that land selling up, had anything to do with trespassing birders and photographers, I don’t . . . → Read More: ONE RED-RUMPED SWALLOW with+/-20 Barn Swallows at Lower Daintree FNQ yesteday |
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