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” As long as there have been birdwatchers, there have been lists.” see www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180312085117.htm 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 10 March 2018 Report OVERVIEW The morning began with some cloud cover delivering patchy rain which gradually cleared as the day progressed. Sea water temperatures were still high at 24degC. We motored out to Brown’s Mountain (approx. 22.5NM ESE off the Heads) arriving there around mid-morning. Good numbers of Shearwater, with the odd Jaeger, trailed . . . → Read More: SYDNEY PELAGIC TRIP REPORT – SATURDAY 10 MARCH 2018 I’ve always taken FNQ to be the Tablelands and Cairns northwards. Jun Matsui and I are doing a Photoguide to the Birds of North Queensland which goes from Townsville northwards, we purposely avoided using FNQ as we went a tad too far south. Regards Phil Gregory oreornis@gmail.com ornithological writer/tour leader/tour facilitator Field Guides / Sicklebill . . . → Read More: FNQ definition Begin forwarded message: > From: Graeme Chapman < naturalight@graemechapman.com.au> > Date: 14 March 2018 9:30:59 AM AEDT > To: martin cachard < mcachard@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Black-tailed Gull > > Hello Martin, > > Thanks for all that info. > > This Black-tailed Gull thing certainly started me searching through all my old records and . . . → Read More: Fwd: Black-tailed Gull Greetings, One Barn Swallow and four Red-rumped Swallows using the wires at the distal end of Tinaburra Peninsula near the toilet block. Regards, Alan Gillanders — 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: Barn Swallow, Tinaburra, Atherton Tablelands, Qld thanks John!! sorry everybody, but that last record in 2013 in Cairns of a first immature non-br Black-tailed Gull, made by Terry Reis and myself, was not to be found in over a fortnight’s time, BUT it actually WAS found on 01/04/2013 !! cheers, martin cachard ________________________________ From: John Harris < wildlifeexperiences@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, 13 . . . → Read More: a single BLACK-TAILED GULL seen in Cairns, FNQ on Friday 09/03/18 small isolated swarm beside Sydney’s inner west Canterbury Rd this morning. The locals love it when they swarm. Their aerobatics when feasting on flying ants is a joy to watch. My memory is that they used to swarm in February. Sent from my iPhone 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: little black ants Hello Martin, There is am image of what I think was a Black-tailed Gull on my website. Taken many years ago at the Cairns Esplanade. Just exactly when I don’t know at present – I’ll have to do a lot of digging into past records. Cheers Graeme Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or . . . → Read More: Black-tailed Gull Hello Carol, Not much doubt about the “mystery” bird being a Golden Whistler. You can see the yellow undertail coverts. Regarding Olive Whistlers, I’d be looking for the highest point where there is regular winter snow, maybe Mount Bindo? Olive Whistlers regularly breed at Mt Ginini west of Canberra. You need dense thickets of . . . → Read More: Help with a Blue Mountains Bird At about 9:45am on Friday 09/03/18, I had a nice but brief encounter with a lone Black-tailed Gull on the western edge of the Cairns CBD. It flew in towards me from the coast (east) at about 50mtrs above ground, and as luck sometimes has it, it flew directly over the top of me to . . . → Read More: a single BLACK-TAILED GULL seen in Cairns, FNQ on Friday 09/03/18 |
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