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Begin forwarded message: From: Bill Stent <billstent@gmail.com>Date: 4 January 2019 at 5:47:51 pm AEDTTo: Paul Doyle <paulodoyle@optusnet.com.au>Cc: birding-aus NEW <birding-aus@birding-aus.org>Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Vanguard telescope Paul We do sell them here, the HD82A, with a 20-60 eyepiece. We don’t have one in stock, you’ll have to wait until Wednesday or so. Come in and you . . . → Read More: Vanguard telescope A big thank you to the people who took the time to give me some tips on where to find birds etc during my two weeks in Anglesea, your advice was certainly appreciated.
Special thanks to Greg Buzza who came down from Melbourne to show us around the Western . . . → Read More: Big Thanks I have completed an oil painting entitled 'Stephanie's Astrapia at Ambua'. It is an oil painting on board (900×600). It is framed and for sale for $6000. Anyone interested in this painting can email me privately and I will attach a photograph of the painting to a reply email. Geoff Ryan . . . → Read More: Advertisement Congratulations to wildlife journalist, Rachel Fetherston, for her very good article titled "Striking Out", published in the January/February 2019 issue of Australian Geographic. Rachel’s article discusses why birds collide with windows, the extent of the problem worldwide, Australian species most at risk, and how we can help reduce the problem. I had the . . . → Read More: Buildings and Bird Strikes Hi all, I recently had a look at a friend’s Vanguard Endeavour 8×42 binos, a brand I was not familiar with, and was very impressed with the clarity of the image, relative to the price. He had picked them up when he lived in the US, and apparently, the Vanguards are . . . → Read More: Vanguard telescope Hi all, For those not on Facebook, a TUFTED DUCK was found this afternoon at the Western Treatment Plant. It continued to show well at the T-Section in Pond 2. A reminder that access is not allowed tomorrow given that there's a fire ban across Melbourne, so those wanting to twitch it should aim for . . . → Read More: Australia’s first TUFTED DUCK! We had about 30 Fairy Martins roosting on the roof of the house yesterday. At first I thought that we just had a few more Welcome Swallows than usual but, when they settled on the roof, I grabbed the binoculars and it became obvious that they were Martins. I counted 28 on the roof and . . . → Read More: Fairy Martins – Curlewis, Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria A single RED-RUMPED Swallow was photographed on Tuesday mroning 01/01/19 on the powerlines adjacent to the junction of Cape Tribulation Rd/Prins Rd, Lower Daintree, just 800mtrs from the location where I found what is likely the same individual around this time here last summer. The photographers were visiting birders from Brisbane, Ian & Christine . . . → Read More: single RED-RUMPED SWALLOW with 2 Barn Swallows, Lower Daintree, FNQ Hi folks, Bill here I’m looking for typical from-below photos of Pacific Swifts and White-throated Needletails for a Facebook post for my work at Optics Central. I don’t need Attenborough quality, but more of the view that most casual observers will see from the ground in Victoria. Ideally, I’m looking for one photo with both . . . → Read More: Photos of Swifts in flight There is a petition at the end of the blog post: http://sunshinecoastbirds.blogspot.com/2019/01/glossy-black-cockatoo-under-threat-by.html Is there a petition or anything?Message: 3From: Greg Roberts <friarbird.roberts@gmail.com>To: birding-aus <m("birding-aus.org","birding-aus");" target="_blank">birding-aus@birding-aus.org>Subject: Glossy Black Cockatoo under threat from Sunshine Coast nursing homeMessage-ID: <CAN1ROTSSJfrbqLoLCzE2PcgphX19hn+taWKkxbYCGzg_G=m("mail.gmail.com","RKMg");" target="_blank">RKMg@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"The Sunshine Coast population of the endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo,regarded as being of national significance . . . → Read More: Glossy Black Cockatoo under threat from Sunshine Coast nursing home |
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