Chiltern or not?

Hi Maris, I would not necessarily travel to Chiltern – especially this late in the season. You might have a more productive time circling Melbourne (counter clockwise) from Bendigo, Melton, Brisbane Ranges, You Yangs, Werribee, Torquay, Bunyip NP, Dandenongs, Healsville area. You'd end up with a wide range of habitats and species mostly within about . . . → Read More: Chiltern or not?

Whose nest?

Really appreciate all of your suggestions as to who owns the nest. I see that it could really belong to any of those but not knowing the size of the nest does not to help (thank you Phillip for your advice). Looking at photos of a Yellow-plumed Honeyeater’s nest, it appears quite similar but as . . . → Read More: Whose nest?

Chiltern

I have a few days in Melbourne in the next couple of weeks (from Perth) and I’m wondering if it would be worthwhile spending a couple of days at Chiltern. I’m not fanatical about what I see, just like to get species we don’t get in WA. I reckon I’m a good chance for . . . → Read More: Chiltern

Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, October 22, 2018 to Sunday, October 28, 2018:

Area: SA

Location: Gregory street Port Elliot

Black-chinned Honeyeater (Melithreptus gularis) (1) Single bird was calling from SA Blue Gums in several locations close by.

Reported by: Winston Syson on Saturday, October 27, . . . → Read More: Birdpedia – Australia – Weekly Digest

Whose nest?

Can anyone out there please identify who made this intricate nest.  It was photographed by a friend in the Mallee Cliffs NP. .

Indonesia

Hi Charles, UNE at Armidale was at the forefront of Ornithology research a few years ago, and might be interested, try contacting their Science faculty. Cheers

Michael.

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Wedge-tailed eagle decline

I forgot to mention in my previous posting that not only did see no live Wedgies but also saw no Wedgie carcasses next to the roads in NSW and S/W Qld. I am sure others also noticed the frequency of Magpies, Pied Butcherbirds and Willy Wagtails feeding on the innumerable roadside macropod and emu carcasses. . . . → Read More: Wedge-tailed eagle decline

Edge-tailed Eagle decline?

Does anyone have historical counts of WTEs before and after the impact of calici on rabbits? I’m wondering if we’re discussing a long term change, or something that’s a shorter time-frame response (to the drought?…..among many other possibilities, I realise).

 

Greg Johnston

e: pelecanus85@gmail.com

 

Advice: research, surveying

Hi all,

I would like to organise a detailed fauna and flora survey in some primary forest on a remote island in Indonesia that is earmarked for protection.

I was recently on the island and there are a number of endemic birds.

An Indonesian conservation group is developing a conservation model with hope it will . . . → Read More: Advice: research, surveying

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